Find a TenderPlanned procurement
Published 5 Jun 2026, 10:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Walk & Talk Service · UK public procurement notice

Authority: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS & healthcare)

Services
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 3 Aug 2026from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC) is seeking to work in partnership with a provider(s) to deliver a ‘walking and talking’, youthwork based, mental health and wellbeing support for young people in Glasgow City.

The aim of this exercise is to gather current information and feedback from the market to:

  • Understand market availability in relation to the functionality required; and
  • The information to be provided will help us better understand the market and consider the way forward. Views and suggestions will not be disclosed to third parties or used for any other purpose.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1A one to one, youthwork-based, mental health and wellbeing support services has been…Planned

A one to one, youthwork-based, mental health and wellbeing support services has been provided for young people in Glasgow City for the past 4 years. The service is open to referrals from a number of statutory services, and to self-refer. Young people who are experiencing anxiety, low mood or isolation are matched with a staff member or volunteer who meets them approximately weekly, out of doors, for support, leading to re-engagement with school or other positive destinations. We now require contracting of this service to provide longer-term stability.

Delivery: Scotland

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’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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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde · division 85
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 10 of 16 known-size awards · market: division 85 · Scotland, n=210
63%69%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in Scotland.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 16 of 16 known-location awards · market: division 85 · Scotland, n=237
100%87%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 85 · UK-wide, n=1,027
—51 days

Half of these awards were announced within 51 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 12 of 18 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 85 · Scotland, n=262
67%56%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer13 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
54% had one bid
The market174 lots with bid counts · division 85 · Scotland
35% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid54% / 35%
Buyer: 7 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 61 of 174 lots with published bid counts.
2–323% / 38%
Buyer: 3 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 66 of 174 lots with published bid counts.
4–623% / 20%
Buyer: 3 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 35 of 174 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 7%
Buyer: 0 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 12 of 174 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer10 lots with estimate and award · all categories
10% below estimate
The market100 lots with estimate and award · division 85 · Scotland
21% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate10% / 21%
Buyer: 1 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 21 of 100 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%80% / 66%
Buyer: 8 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 66 of 100 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate10% / 13%
Buyer: 1 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 13 of 100 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1A one to one, youthwork-based, mental health and wellbeing support services has been…Estimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 174 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet35% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 174 similar lots
1 bid35%
61 of 174 similar past lots received 1 bid (35%).
2–338%
66 of 174 similar past lots received 2–3 (38%).
4–620%
35 of 174 similar past lots received 4–6 (20%).
7+7%
12 of 174 similar past lots received 7+ (7%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 2 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

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.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
5 Jun 2026, 10:55 BST
Last source update
5 Jun 2026, 10:55 BST
Authority reference
GGC1089
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-053201
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ae69 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Questions may be asked in relation to this Prior Information Notice until Friday 26th June 2026 @ 13:00 The PIN Notice will be open until 13th July 2026 NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=833830. (SC Ref:833830)

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 Jun 2026 → 3 Aug 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published140 days ago
    5 Jun 2026, 10:55 BST
  2. Tender notice expected81 days ago
    3 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Procurement Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G4 0SFContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.