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# NAC/5040 Provision of Primary School Counselling

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nac-5040-provision-of-primary-school-counselling-ocds-h6vhtk-028f3f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** North Ayrshire Council: "NAC/5040 Provision of Primary School Counselling". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [North Ayrshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-ayrshire-council-ons-s12000021)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Counselling services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM93
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £243,006 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028f3f`

## 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/nac-5040-provision-of-primary-school-counselling-ocds-h6vhtk-028f3f#tl-md)

## Description
North Ayrshire council on behalf of the Communities Directorate, and more specifically the Education Service, seek a provider to deliver a new service to promote and improve the mental health, emotional resilience and wellbeing of children and young people who are negatively affected or are at risk of being affected by poor mental health.  This will be a counselling service which is intended to complement the existing school counselling service within North Ayrshire by providing counselling in schools for children aged 5 to 10 years within the primary school setting.
The resultant contract will be for a period of 1 year with the option to extend by up to 12 months dependant on budget availability and satisfactory performance.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85312320
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The requirement is for a peripatetic counselling service which includes the appointment of 2.5 counsellors to support primary aged children across North Ayrshire and includes a provision to offer supervision, training support and ongoing management o...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 002025-2021-NAC/5040-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Therapeutic Counselling Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-48157`
  - Value: £243,006 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 002025-2021-NAC/5040-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £243,006
  - Signed Date: 21/01/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002025-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-02T10:08:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T23:01:36.164Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028f3f