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Published 5 May 2025, 08:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Therapeutic Intervention Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: East Lothian Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Scotland (UKM73)
Published estimate£1,425,000exc. VAT1% above published estimate
Submissions closed 6 Jun 2025awarded 19 Aug 2025
Awarded to MYPAS

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Lothian Council are seeking bidders for a Therapeutic support service to be delivered predominantly in schools to pupils of secondary age. A service for children between the ages of 10 to 18 years. The service must be available 52 weeks per year and must be available outside of the school hours and be able to respond to children and young people’s mental health

needs using either counselling or art therapy modalities. The service must be able to be flexible in terms of where they deliver, including online, in schools and/or in community spaces.

  • Recurrence: May 2028

CPV: Guidance and counselling services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: + 1 Year + 1 YearVariant 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: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Art Therapists are required to be registered members of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) or equivalent and registered practitioners with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

    Counsellors are required to be registered members of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) or equivalent.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. 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 · May 2028
First published
5 May 2025, 08:34 BST
Last source update
22 Aug 2025, 12:25 BST
Award evaluation window
6 Jun 2025 – …
Authority reference
ELC-25-0508
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050862
Classification (CPV)
Guidance and counselling services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM73)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050cbf Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:808009)

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

www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

6 Jun 2025 → 22 Aug 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    6 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    6 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    22 Aug 2025, 12:25 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 Aug 2025, 12:25 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,439,6941 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MYPASSME£1,439,694 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 050862-2025-ELC-25-0508-1 · MYPASSME

    Signed
    19 Aug 2025
    Value
    £1,439,694
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Lothian Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services John Muir House, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, EH41 3HAContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sherriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

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

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