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Published 13 May 2025, 10:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Link Worker Service for Grampian’s Improving Cancer Journey (ICJ) Initiative

Official notice

Authority: NHS Grampian (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 12 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Grampian, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), Aberdeenshire HSCP, and Moray HSCP, invites experienced and qualified service providers to tender for the provision of the Grampian Macmillan Improving the Cancer Journey (ICJ) Service. The selected provider will act as a hosting partner responsible for managing, delivering, and integrating this holistic cancer support service across Grampian.

CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services · Social work and related services · Social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Renewal
Delivery: Scotland · Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Moray.
Extensions: Potential for additional two years extension (+1+1).Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    All interested bidders are required to have neccessary quailifications, certifications and licences required to provide this type of service.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
13 May 2025, 10:39 BST
Last source update
13 May 2025, 10:39 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Jun 2025 – …
Authority reference
OC001-25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020742
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesOther community, social and personal servicesSocial work and related servicesSocial work services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM5)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0511b7 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms

Please refer to the ITT pack for more information.

Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 29217. 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: 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: (SC Ref:798635)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗

Submission deadline
12 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
12 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 May 2025 → 12 Jun 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    13 May 2025, 10:39 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    12 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    12 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Grampian

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Summerfield House, 2 Eday Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB15 6REContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Aberdeen Sheriff Court and Justice of Peace couretReview body AberdeenContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria