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Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights Services: Looked After, Child Protection Processes and Continuing Care

Social work and related services
Social work services
Welfare services for children and young people
Scotland (UKM75)
Published value
£1,290,000
Submission deadline 21 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: The City of Edinburgh Council: "Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights Services: Looked After, Child Protection Processes and Continuing Care". Published status: complete. Published value: £1,290,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe City of Edinburgh CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
21 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1,290,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: The City of Edinburgh Council
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Published history for The City of Edinburgh Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3.9Bids / Report
31.5% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 280 active published awards; 276 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe City of Edinburgh Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published28 Jul 2026, 12:19 BST
Last source update28 Jul 2026, 12:19 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSocial work and related services, Social work services, Welfare services for children and young people
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05eb47
What is being bought
Provision of an Independent Advocacy and Children’s Right Service for Children and Young People (C&YP) involved in child protection processes, looked after both away from home and at home and those in continuing care.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    28 Jul 2026, 12:19 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    28 Jul 2026, 12:19 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    28 Jul 2026, 12:19 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    28 Jul 2026, 12:19 BST
  5. Published value updated to £1,290,000
    13 Mar 2026, 11:13 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    13 Mar 2026, 11:13 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    13 Mar 2026, 11:13 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 21 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
    13 Mar 2026, 11:13 GMT
  9. Published value updated to £690,000
    28 Nov 2025, 15:36 GMT
  10. Status changed to planned
    28 Nov 2025, 15:36 GMT
  11. Official notice release published
    28 Nov 2025, 15:36 GMT
  12. Buyer information updated
    28 Nov 2025, 15:36 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Appointment of a sole Provider to deliver the specified service. An open procurement process was followed where by the Single Procurement Document (SPD) was utilised to identify suitable Tenderers through mandatory pass/fail questions and in terms of compliance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and/or the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016/PR(S)A14 and the minimum standards and any other requirements set out in the Tender documents & Contract Notice. Thereafter an Award Criteria and Pricing evaluation was undertaken to select the tender which represented the best overall value for money. Additional information: The potential contract duration is up to 6 years, broken down as follows: - Core Contract Period: three years - Optional Extension(1): two years - Optional Extension(2): one year Extension options will be undertaken at the sole discretion of the Council.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    28 Jul 2026, 12:19 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    21 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 17 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · £1,290,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Who Cares? Scotland
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1,290,000 · signed 17 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 3 (lot 1)
smeBids: 2 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The City of Edinburgh Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-346
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  • The City of Edinburgh Council
    buyer

    Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH8 8BG
    kyro.grieve@edinburgh.gov.uk
    +44 1314693922

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court
    reviewBody

    Sheriff Court House, 27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LB

  • Who Cares? Scotland
    supplier

    Suite 208/09,The Pentagon Centre,, 36-38 Washington Street,, Glasgow, UKM, G3 8AZ
    +44 7977092690
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