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Published 15 May 2025, 15:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Residential Intermediate Care for people with complex needs including physical healthcare needs and homelessness/ risk of homelessness

Official notice

Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£6,745,744published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 9 Jul 2025awarded 18 Sept 2025
Awarded to Simon Community Scotland
Contract term 8 yrsends 2 Nov 2033 · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership (EHSCP), through the City of Edinburgh Council, require to appoint a new Provider to deliver residential intermediate care for people with complex needs including physical healthcare needs and homelessness/ risk of homelessness at Milestone House, Edinburgh, EH14 1EB.

  • How the procedure runs: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/446/contents

CPV: Residential health facilities services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Council is seeking to appoint a single Provider (or a consortium of Providers with… 8 yrs

The Council is seeking to appoint a single Provider (or a consortium of Providers with a Lead Organisation) to deliver the specified service. An open procurement process will be followed where by the Single Procurement Document (SPD) will be utilised to identify suitable Tenderers in terms of compliance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and/or the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016/PR(S)A14 and the minimum standards and any other requirements set out in the Tender documents & Contract Notice. Thereafter an Award Criteria and Pricing evaluation will be undertaken to select the tender which represent the best overall value for money. Additional information: The potential contract duration is up to 8 years, broken down as follows:

  • Core Contract Period: three years
  • Optional Extension(1): three years
  • Optional Extension(2): two years

Extension options will be undertaken at the sole discretion of the Council.

Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2033 (8 yrs)
Delivery: Scotland · Edinburgh

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
Shortlisting
The Selection Criteria & Exclusion Grounds are included in the SPD & ITT, summarised as follows: SPD-IV-4B1a: General Yearly Turnover - minimum “general” annual turnover of GBP 1,762,000 for the last two financial years. SPD-IV-4B5b&c: Employers Liability Insurance GBP 5,000,000 & Public Liability Insurance GBP 10,000,000 & Care Insurance GBP 5,000,000. SPD-IV-4B6:Current Ratio greater than 1.20 for the last two financial years. SPD-IV-4C1.2:Demonstration of expertise, capability and capacity. SPD-IV-4C4:Inclusion of prompt payment clause. SPD-IV-4C7:Demonstration of response to climate change emergency. SPD-IV-4C12:UK Data Protection Legislation & ICO registration. SPD-IV-4D1(1):Health & Safety Policy. SPD-IV-4D1(2):PVG/Disclosure Scotland checks. SPD-IV-4D1(3):Payment Of The Real Living Wage.

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 May 2025, 15:17 BST
Last source update
28 Oct 2025, 16:24 GMT
Authority reference
CT1569
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069111
Classification (CPV)
Residential health facilities services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0514c0 Find a Tender
How it runs
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. A claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 30 days of the Contract Award Notice being published in the Find a Tender Service or within 30 days of the date those who expressed an interest in or otherwise bid for the contract were informed of the conclusion of the contract or in any other case within 6 months from the date on which the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:814161)

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
Submission deadline
9 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

9 Jul 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    9 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published362 days ago
    28 Oct 2025, 16:24 GMT
  3. Contract starts356 days ago
    3 Nov 2025

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Oct 2025, 16:24 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £6,745,7441 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Simon Community ScotlandSME£6,745,744 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 069111-2025-1 · Simon Community ScotlandSME

    Signed
    18 Sept 2025
    Value
    £6,745,744
    Period
    … – 2 Nov 2033
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The City of Edinburgh Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8BGContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.