Supported Living Services · Argyll and Bute Council (Mar 2025)

Official notice

Authority: Argyll and Bute Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK

Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Awarded 9 Apr 2025no call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Supported Living Services for Adults living with Complex Care needs

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

CPV: Social work and related services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Bids received: 7 bids received · 9 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Supported Living Services for Adults with Complex Care Needs

Supported Living Services for Adults with Complex Care Needs. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from contracting with the Council if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of

the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Information on this will be collected during prequalification and annually during the contract term.

Delivery: UK · Argyll and Bute

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 26 Mar 2025, 11:21 GMT
Last source update: 11 Dec 2025, 09:58 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-081780
Classification (CPV): Social work and related services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04f8d9 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Regulation 76 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 allows a contracting authority to determine the procedure that is to be applied in connection with the award of a contract and may take account of the specialties of the services in question and the requirements and needs of users In this case, no prior notice has been issued on the basis that there are sufficient technical reasons to allow the direct award. These technical reasons relate to the specialties of the service and the requirement for continuity of service to meet outcomes for service users. The decision was made to award contracts to existing providers, who will pre-qualify to the resource of qualified providers. There will be no artificial narrowing of the market as new providers can complete our pre-qualification process and be included in our resource of qualified providers.
How it runs: www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/446/content… ↗

Publisher note: This award notice follows a VEAT Notice and Standstill period. (SC Ref:818221)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 9admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 71 from SMEs

Contracts signed 8latest 9 Apr 2025

8 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 8 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £12,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

Contract 081780-2025-1
Signed
9 Apr 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 011289-2025-1
Signed
25 Mar 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 011289-2025-2
Signed
25 Mar 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 011289-2025-3
Signed
25 Mar 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 011289-2025-4
Signed
25 Mar 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 011289-2025-5
Signed
25 Mar 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 011289-2025-6
Signed
25 Mar 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 011289-2025-7
Signed
25 Mar 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Argyll and Bute Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Kilmory, Lochgilphead, Scotland, PA31 8RTContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Dunoon Sheriff CourtReview body Dunoon

Framework contractors & participating bidders

9 commercial parties on the notice

Affinity TrustFramework contractor 1 Rowan Wynd, Kinghorn, Burntisland, UK, KY39YR
Carr GommFramework contractor SPACE, 11 Harewood Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH16 4NTContact phone
CornerstoneFramework contractor The Doges Studios Templeton Business Centre, 62 Templeton Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G40 1DA
Cornerstone Community CareFramework contractor The Doges Studios, Templeton Business Centre, 62 Templeton Street, Glasgow, UK, G40 1DA
ENABLE ScotlandFramework contractor Inspire House, 3 Renshaw Place, Eurocentral, Motherwell, Scotland, ML1 4UF
Enable Scotland (Leading the Way)Framework contractor Inspire House, 3 Renshaw Place, Motherwell, Scotland, ML14UF
Key Housing Association LimitedFramework contractor The Square, 70 Renton Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G4 0HT
Mariner Support Associates LtdFramework contractor 101c Alexandra Parade, Dunoon, Scotland, PA23 8AH
Scottish AutismFramework contractor Hilton House, Whins Road, Alloa, Scotland, FK10 3SA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.