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Intensive Support - Children / Young People (Highland)

Buyer: The Highland Council →

BuyerThe Highland Council
Statuscancelled
Deadline20 Mar 2026
Value£909,316
Published2 Sept 2026

What is being bought

The provision of an Intensive Support Service to Children and Young People to offer practical and emotional support to service users through offering help and guidance on matters such as safety planning, risks and management of risks, emotional support, health, education, harm reduction, substance use, training and where appropriate support with parenting skills. The service will typically deliver support to service users who have been exposed to criminal activity, offending behaviours, exploitation, and involvement with the Children’s Hearings System (although this is not an exhaustive list). It will also offer support to Parent/Carers/Guardians.

Delivery location

UKM6

Categories

Welfare services for children and young people 85311300Social work services without accommodation 85312000Health and social work services 85000000

Lot details

Lot 1

An Intensive Support Service for Children and Young People offering practical and emotional support to service users through offering help and guidance on matters such as safety planning, risks and management of risks, emotional support, health, education, harm reduction, substance use, training and where appropriate support with parenting skills. The service will typically deliver support to service users who have been exposed to criminal activity, offending behaviours, exploitation, and involvement with the Children’s Hearings System (although this is not an exhaustive list). It will also offer support to Parent/Carers/Guardians.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality — 90
price — 10

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Welfare services for children and young people, Social work services without accommodationNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Welfare services for children and young people (85311300); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8531,9981 median · 22.3 average (18,354 of 31,998 with a bid count)1.8 average (19,769 of 31,998 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer101 median · 2.7 average (7 of 10 with a bid count)1.3 average (7 of 10 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKM6502 median · 9.2 average (30 of 50 with a bid count)5.6 average (36 of 50 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1,0783 median · 4.3 average (27 of 1,078 with a bid count)1.2 average (28 of 1,078 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£591,601 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £909,316.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

083194-2026-HSCC48-1

Statusunsuccessful

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0613fe
Latest release ID083194-2026
Latest release timestampWed Sep 02 2026 15:25:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscancelled
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
2 Sept 2026award, contract083194-2026
6 Feb 2026tenderUpdate010999-2026
2 Feb 2026tender008867-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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  "description": "Tender will be uploaded onto PCS-Tender during week commencing 2nd February 2026.\nThe buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31058.\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\nA summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\nCommunity Benefits including Fair Working Practices and Environmental Benefits will form part of the evaluation criteria.\nThe buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31058. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\nA summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\nCommunity Benefits including Fair Working Practices and Environmental Benefits will form part of the evaluation criteria.\n(SC Ref:822100)",
  "initiationType": "tender"
}