Official UK procurement notice
What Would It Take? Community Support for Children Affected by Disabilities
Authority: West Dunbartonshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of our What Would it Take children's services 5 year plan, West Dunbartonshire HSCP are keen to develop community based support for children and young people with disabilities and their families.
We have made a Promise to listen to families views experiences and we will integrate these into how we develop our service. We would like to partner with an experienced and creative provider(s) to bring together a needs led and adaptable service, that can support children and young people at home and in their communities with an evidence based, whole family support approach.
We would like to invite interested providers to attend a consultation event on Tuesday the 28th July, at the HSCP offices in 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, G82 1QL.
We would like to share our plans to date, and to learn from your expertise about how we can shape a resilient and inclusive service, where our children and young people will be supported to meet their outcomes through individualised support and fun opportunities.
CPV: Daycare services for disabled children and young people · Social work and related services · Social work services without accommodation · Welfare services for children and young people
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1As part of our What Would It Take Children's Services 5 Year Plan, West Dunbartonshire…Planned
As part of our What Would It Take Children's Services 5 Year Plan, West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership is keen to develop community based support for children and young people with disabilities and their families.
We have made a Promise to listen to families' views and experiences and these will be integral to the development of the service. We are seeking to engage with experienced and creative provider organisations to help shape a needs led and adaptable service that supports children and young people at home and within their communities through an evidence based whole family approach.
We would like to invite interested providers to attend a consultation and market engagement event on Tuesday 28 July 2026 at the HSCP Offices, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, G82 1QL.
The purpose of the event is to share our plans to date and learn from providers' expertise and experience to help shape a resilient and inclusive service. The future service will seek to support children and young people to achieve positive outcomes through individualised support, community based opportunities and enjoyable activities tailored to their needs and interests.
The anticipated service will support children and young people affected by disabilities and their families and will be delivered in line with GIRFEC principles and The Promise Additional information: This Prior Information Notice is issued for market engagement purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition.
The anticipated contract value is up to 700000 GBP over an initial 3 year period.
Attendance at the consultation event is voluntary and participation will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement process.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How West Dunbartonshire Council runs Social work services (CPV 8531) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up
West Dunbartonshire Council procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, 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: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards were announced within 50 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid0% / 38%
2–333% / 34%
4–667% / 17%
7+0% / 11%
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Below estimate31%
Within ±2%50%
Above estimate19%
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Lot #1As part of our What Would It Take Children's Services 5 Year Plan, West Dunbartonshire…CPV 8531Published estimate£700k
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1 bid38%
2–334%
4–617%
7+11%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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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.
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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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Jul 2026, 14:11 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Jul 2026, 14:11 BST
- Authority reference
2526-10- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-062829- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c382Find a Tender
Publisher note: West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership is issuing this Prior Information Notice for market engagement purposes. As part of our What Would It Take Children's Services 5 Year Plan, we are keen to develop community based support for children and young people with disabilities and their families. We have made a Promise to listen to families' views and experiences and these will be integral to the development of the service. We are seeking to engage with experienced and creative provider organisations to help shape a needs led and adaptable service that supports children and young people at home and within their communities through an evidence based whole family approach. Interested providers are invited to attend a consultation and market engagement event on Tuesday 28 July 2026 at the HSCP Offices, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, G82 1QL. The purpose of the event is to share our plans to date and learn from providers' expertise and experience to help shape a resilient and inclusive service. The future service will seek to support children and young people to achieve positive outcomes through individualised support, community based opportunities and enjoyable activities tailored to their needs and interests. The anticipated contract value is up to 700000 GBP over an initial 3 year period. This notice is for information and market engagement purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition. Participation in market engagement activity will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement process. 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=836439. (SC Ref:836439)
How it was run
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Timeline
3 Jul 2026 → 2 Nov 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published109 days ago3 Jul 2026, 14:11 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 13 days2 Nov 2026
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