Official UK procurement notice
PKC14277 Independent Advocacy Services for Children and Young people within Perth & Kinross
Authority: Perth & Kinross Council (Local council)
1.1 Perth and Kinross Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced Contractors to provide independent advocacy services for children and young people within Perth and Kinross. Perth and Kinross Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced Contractors to provide independent advocacy services for children and young people within Perth and Kinross.
What is being bought
Published requirement description1.1 Perth and Kinross Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced Contractors to provide independent advocacy services for children and young people within Perth and Kinross.
- Recurrence: 48 Months from start of contract
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Perth and Kinross Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced…Renewal
Perth and Kinross Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced Contractors to provide independent advocacy services for children and young people within Perth and Kinross.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
4B.4
Bidders will be required to state the value(s) for the following financial ratio(s):
2 years of data:-
Current Ratio (Current Assets divided by Current Liabilities)
Net Assets (Net Worth) (value per the Balance Sheet, no calculations required)
4B.5.1
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance 10million GBP
Public Liability Insurance 5million GBP
Minimum: The acceptable range for each financial ratio is: Current Ratio It is expected that the ratio is equal to or greater than 1, i.e., Current Assets will equal or exceed Current Liabilities in each of the 2 years. Reasons for not meeting the required test to be disclosed by tenderer… - Technical & professional ability
4C.1.2 SERVICE
Please provide 2 examples of similar works carried out over the last 3 years.
4C.6 Qualification
100% of staff involved in the delivery of independent advocacy services must hold a degree in Social Work or other relevant discipline.
4C.10 Sub-Contracting
For information only, please advise what percentage (if any) of the contract will be sub-contracted.
Minimum: 4C.1.2 SERVICE Please provide 2 examples of similar works carried out over the last 3 years. 4C.6 Qualification 100% of staff involved in the delivery of independent advocacy services must hold a degree in Social Work or other relevant discipline. 4C.10 Sub-Contracting For inform…
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £750,000 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Perth & Kinross Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Perth & Kinross Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid24% / 35%
2–332% / 38%
4–624% / 20%
7+20% / 6%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Below estimate27% / 21%
Within ±2%55% / 65%
Above estimate18% / 13%
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Lot #1Perth and Kinross Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced…CPV 85Published estimate£375k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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1 bid35%
2–338%
4–620%
7+6%
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Where the award price may land.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 48 Months from start of contract
- First published
- 2 Nov 2026, 13:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Nov 2026, 13:58 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Dec 2026 – …
- Authority reference
PKC14277- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103756- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0795a1Find a Tender
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 33061. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Tenderers will be required to provide details of the Community Benefits they will deliver if successful. (SC Ref:847206)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 7 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 7 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
2 Nov 2026 → 7 Dec 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published12h ago2 Nov 2026, 13:58 GMT
- Today3 Nov 2026
- Submission deadlinein 34 days7 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 34 days7 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Perth Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.