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title: "Provision of Scottish Government Counselling in Schools"
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# Provision of Scottish Government Counselling in Schools

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-scottish-government-counselling-in-schools-ocds-h6vhtk-04ce28). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Dunbartonshire Council: "Provision of Scottish Government Counselling in Schools". Published status: complete. Published Value: £310,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Dunbartonshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-dunbartonshire-council-ons-s12000039)
- **Published Value:** £310,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Counselling services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM81
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £309,924 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ce28`

## 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/provision-of-scottish-government-counselling-in-schools-ocds-h6vhtk-04ce28#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/provision-of-scottish-government-counselling-in-schools-ocds-h6vhtk-04ce28#participate

## Description
West 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.

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

- **Description:** The route to market is to conduct an open procedure through Public Contracts Scotland - Tender.

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 012419-2025-2425-19-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Lifelink**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-20746`
  - Value: £309,924 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 012419-2025-2425-19-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £309,924
  - Signed Date: 25/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012419-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-02T08:58:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T15:15:40.339Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ce28