Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Scottish Government Counselling in Schools
Authority: West Dunbartonshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Dunbartonshire Council are seeking an organisation to provide a Youth Counselling Service in West Dunbartonshire Schools.
The service purpose is to provide confidential counselling for young people in all 6 secondary schools.
The aim is to promote positive emotional health and wellbeing in learners attending secondary school by:
Providing direct counselling to young people following referral to the service for a range of emotional health issues;
Signposting and facilitating onward referrals of young people experiencing crisis to appropriate agencies;
Supporting and enabling staff to support emotionally vulnerable young people;
To improve the overall emotional health of young people using the service;
Raising the visibility of emotionally vulnerable young people in schools, community and at home where appropriate.
The counselling must be provided by an accredited qualified counsellor.
CPV: Counselling services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The route to market is to conduct an open procedure through Public Contracts Scotland…AwardedRenewal
The route to market is to conduct an open procedure through Public Contracts Scotland - Tender.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
All staff are required to be subject to up to date Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) checks at the level appropriate to their roles before any client contact commences.
All tenderers must confirm that, upon receipt of notification of intention to award the contract from West Dunbartonshire Council, they will comply fully with the foregoing and, if not already in place, obtain PVG Scheme Membership/Disclosure Scotland check for all relevant personnel intended to serve on the West Dunbartonshire Council contract.
Tenderers must confirm that all Counsellors to be deployed in the delivery of the service will attend clinical supervision, in accordance with British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) guidelines, with a suitably qualified supervisor
Tenderers must confirm that all counsellors to be deployed in the delivery of the services must have recognised accreditation from BACP
Tenderers must confirm that all Therapeutic Staff will receive regular caseload supervision from staff with the mandatory qualifications and registration.
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: With reference to SPD questions: 4B. Turnover - supplier must demonstrate an annual turnover for each of the two previous years of greater than two times the annual contract value of contract on offer est. 155,000 GBP, therefore a turnover of 310,000 GBP is required. Ratios - a P…
- Technical & professional ability
With reference to SPD question 4C.1, bidders will be required to provide 3 examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience and capacity of similar project types and confirm they met all the mandatory requirements.
Minimum: Mandatory Requirements - tenderers must confirm that the following mandatory requirements will be met - Y/N to respond. - All staff are required to be subject to up to date Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) checks at the level appropriate to their roles before any client cont…
- 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
- Awarded
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Jan 2025, 12:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Apr 2025, 09:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
2425-19- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012419- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ce28Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The bidder must complete and submit, with their tender response the following additional documents: WD09 Financial Vetting WD16 Police Scotland Check WD18 Declaration Page The above mentioned documents are provided with the tender documents and can be located within a folder in the general attachment area of the Master ITT. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27926. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:795044)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
7 Feb 2025 → 2 Apr 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline7 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened7 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published2 Apr 2025, 09:58 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Apr 2025, 09:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LifelinkSME | £309,924 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 012419-2025-2425-19-1 · LifelinkSME
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2025
- Value
- £309,924
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dumbarton Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- LifelinkAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.