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Published 25 Mar 2025, 13:30 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

School Counselling Service · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Midlothian Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Scotland (UKM73)
Published estimate£1,500,690exc. VAT2.4% above published estimate
Submissions closed 2 May 2025awarded 18 Jun 2025
Awarded to MYPAS

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Midlothian Council (MLC) seeks to appoint a Contractor to deliver a school counselling service for children and young people between the ages of 10-18 years.

  • Recurrence: It is anticipated there will be ongoing requirements for this service. Any future tender opportunities are likely to be published approximately 6 months before the end of the contract.

CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland · Midlothian
Extensions: Option to extend the initial 2 year period (24 months) for three further one-year periods (12 months).Variant bids: not allowed
85312300 Guidance and counselling services

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: 90%Price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90%
  • Price: 10%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    All relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module within PCS.

    Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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

Yes · It is anticipated there will be ongoing requirements for this service. Any future tender opportunities are likely to be published approximately 6 months before the end of the contract.

First published
25 Mar 2025, 13:30 GMT
Last source update
23 Jun 2025, 09:22 BST
Award evaluation window
2 May 2025 – …
Authority reference
MID/24/74
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034241
Classification (CPV)
Counselling servicesGuidance and counselling services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM73)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f86c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Bidders must not contact anyone at the Local Authority directly in relation to this tender exercise, doing so may result in your exclusion from any further part in the process. All questions must be raised using the provided Question & Answer facility within this notice. (SC Ref:802346)

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
2 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
2 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

2 May 2025 → 23 Jun 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    2 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 09:22 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Jun 2025, 09:22 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,536,4771 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MYPASSME£1,536,477 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 034241-2025-MID-24-74-1 · MYPASSME

    Signed
    18 Jun 2025
    Value
    £1,536,477
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Midlothian Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Midlothian House, Buccleuch Street, Dalkeith, Scotland, EH22 1DNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body EdinburghContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • MYPASAwarded supplier 176 High Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH22 1AY

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