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# Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lothian-health-board-hospital-welfare-advice-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0353f5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Lothian Health Board: "Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £980,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Aug 2022, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Lothian Health Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lothian-health-board-GB-FTS-185127)
- **Published Value:** £980,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 August 2022 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM73, UKM75, UKM78
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0353f5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lothian-health-board-hospital-welfare-advice-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0353f5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lothian-health-board-hospital-welfare-advice-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0353f5#participate

## Description
Lothian Health Board is seeking suppliers who can deliver welfare advice services at our main hospital sites in the Lothian area. These comprise the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, the Western General Hospital, the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, St John's, Livingston, the Midlothian Community Hospital and the East Lothian Community Hospital. The service will support patients, carers and Lothian Health Board staff with welfare rights advice issues.  The service will operate from all the aforementioned hospital sites and support patients and carers/families who are attending the hospital as either inpatients or outpatients and Lothian Health Board staff working at these sites.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services -Edinburgh
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85323000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £530,000
- **Description:** Lothian Health Board is seeking suppliers who can deliver a welfare advice service at the main hospital sites in Edinburgh. These comprise the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, the Western General Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young Pe...
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2022 to 30/09/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services - West Lothian
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85323000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £220,000
- **Description:** Lothian Health Board is seeking bidders who can deliver a welfare advice service at St.John’s Hospital in Livingston. The service will work to support patients, carers and Lothian Health Board staff with welfare rights advice issues.  The service wil...
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2022 to 30/09/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services - East Lothian
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85323000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £115,000
- **Description:** Lothian Health Board is seeking bidders who can deliver a welfare advice service at the East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington. The service will work to support patients, carers and Lothian Health Board staff with welfare rights advice issues....
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2022 to 30/09/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services - Midlothian
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85323000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £115,000
- **Description:** Lothian Health Board is seeking bidders who can deliver a welfare advice service at the Midlothian Community Hospital in Dalkeith including Highbank Intermediate Care Facility. The service will work to support patients, carers and Lothian Health Boar...
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2022 to 30/09/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019789-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-20T14:38:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T22:17:08.186Z
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