Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Community Based Mental Health Services Incorporating Distress Brief Intervention Services Level 2
Authority: Renfrewshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRenfrewshire Council/Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (RHSCP) are seeking a Provider to deliver a community based mental health service for adults aged over 16 in Renfrewshire experiencing stress and distress in their mental health. This will include the three following components to support and manage their current episode of stress and distress and provide the tools to prevent and manage future episodes:
- Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) Services Level 2
- Counselling and Therapeutic Support
- Group-Based Support and Wellbeing Activities
The outcomes the Council/RHSCP wish to see evidenced for people supported via this Service are as follows:
- Improvement in mental health and emotional wellbeing;
- Increased resilience, confidence, and self-management skills;
- Reduction in social isolation and loneliness;
- Strengthened social support networks and community connectedness;
- Enablement of individuals to achieve personal recovery goals and improve quality of life;
- Promotion of early intervention and prevention, reducing the need for more intensive statutory and specialist mental health services;
- Supporting people to maintain independence and participate fully in their communities.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Tender Procedure shall be conducted in accordance with an above Government…
The Tender Procedure shall be conducted in accordance with an above Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) Threshold as an Open procedure relating to Services under Chapter 3 Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Additional information: The Contract Period will be for 2 years with the Council option to extend for a further period of up to 12 months on two occasions.
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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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).
The Contract will be evaluated and awarded against the published award criteria:
Quality - 100%
Price - Pass/Fail
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Shortlisting
- Please refer to full details included under section V1.3 Additional Information.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Renfrewshire Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Renfrewshire Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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Half of these awards were announced within 51 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid13% / 35%
2–340% / 38%
4–627% / 20%
7+20% / 7%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate29% / 21%
Within ±2%71% / 66%
Above estimate0% / 13%
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Lot #1The Tender Procedure shall be conducted in accordance with an above Government…Estimate not published
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1 bid47%
2–333%
4–616%
7+4%
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Where the award price may land.
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| RAMHEarlier contract | The Provision of Community Based Mental Health Services incorporating Distress Brief Interventions Services Level 2notice published Apr 2024 | — | £1.6m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Place2BeWorked for this buyer | School Based Counsellingnotice published Dec 2023 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Therapeutic Counselling Services LtdWorked for this buyer | Access to Counselling in Schoolsnotice published Jul 2023 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| You First AdvocacyWorked for this buyer | Independent Advocacy Services - Adult Servicesnotice published Aug 2021 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Roar - Connections for Life LtdWorked for this buyer | Award of the Provision of Low Level, Preventative, Health and Wellbeing Services for Older People in Renfrewshirenotice published Apr 2022 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £3.2m7 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 6 live · £4.8m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £700k3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £560k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 12% above n=2 | |
RAMHSME | £2.8m2 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=1 |
LifelinkSME | £4.8m8 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £1.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=2 |
| £87m25 awards in 36m · last this month | 1 live · £150k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
98% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
98% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (98% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
The Provision of Community Based Mental Health Services incorporating Distress Brief Interventions Services Level 2 — held by RAMH; no contract end date published.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 26 Jun 2026, 10:52 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:52 BST
- Authority reference
RC-CPU-26-145- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095655- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bdd8Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Contract Monitoring will be in accordance with the General Conditions of Contract (Health and Social Care), Condition 9.9, Quality Assurance, Contract Monitoring and Performance Standards and the Service Specification.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/446, as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session in accordance with Regulation 88 of the 2015 Regulations.
Publisher note: The following minimum criteria will apply to this tender: Tenderers will be required to evidence examples of previous experience of delivering similar services in the Technical Experience of the SPD (Scotland). Where the Council deems that the response does not evidence appropriate experience, the Tender may be rejected on this basis. Staff involved in the delivery of the Contract must be appropriately qualified and trained. The minimum insurance requirements that Tenderers will be required to evidence as part of the tender process is as follows:- Employer’s liability insurance cover in respect of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1998 in accordance with any legal requirement from time to time in force, to a minimum indemnity limit of at least 10,000,000 GBP each and every claim; Public Liability Insurance shall not be less than 5,000,000 GBP in respect of each and every claim; Professional Indemnity Insurance shall not be less than 1,000,000 GBP in the aggregate; Where a vehicle is used in the delivery of Service, statutory third party motor vehicle liability insurance cover must be evidenced by way of a valid MV certificate in the COMPANY name, OR where there is no company fleet and employees use their own vehicles instead, a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority confirming that the provider has ongoing arrangements in place to ensure that employees' vehicles are appropriately insured and maintained for business purposes. The Council’s standard practice is to request a minimum Dun and Bradstreet Failure Score of 20 as part of the tender process. Where the Failure Score is lower than the requirement or is unavailable due to organisational structure, other information such as audited accounts will be requested and reviewed by the Council’s Finance team to ensure they are satisfied with the financial stability. Tenderers must have a signed and dated Health and Safety Policy and associated sample risk assessments. Tenderers must pass the Council’s Cyber Security evaluation to be considered for award of this Contract. 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. The contract may be modified in accordance with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. As there is a current service provider, TUPE may apply. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 65880. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: The Council is committed to maximising Community Benefits from its procurement activities in order to build economic, social or environmental conditions into the delivery of Council contracts. The Council’s expectation is that 50 Community Benefit Points (CBP) or more will be delivered under this Contract. Tenderers are required to select the Community Benefits they will offer should the Tenderer be successful in being awarded this Contract. Tenderers should complete and return the attachment to this question (Community Benefits Outcome Menu as contained within the Supplier Attachment Area of the E-Tender system) and the total CBPs offered MUST be equal to or greater than 50 CBPs. (SC Ref:844849)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Sept 2026 → 9 Nov 2026 · 3 dates- Next notice expected49 days ago4 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Notice published13 days ago9 Oct 2026, 12:52 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 18 days9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Oct 2026- Status changed to active9 Oct 2026, 12:52 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Oct 2026, 12:52 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT9 Oct 2026, 12:52 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.