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# Whistleblowing Hotline Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/whistleblowing-hotline-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04ce14). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The City of Edinburgh Council: "Whistleblowing Hotline Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £170,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The City of Edinburgh Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-city-of-edinburgh-council-ons-s12000036)
- **Published Value:** £170,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Call centre, General management consultancy services, Investigation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £535,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ce14`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/whistleblowing-hotline-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04ce14#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/whistleblowing-hotline-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04ce14#participate

## Description
The City of Edinburgh Council (the “Council”) awarded a Contract for a Whistleblowing Hotline Service.
The Council’s appointed a single whistleblowing solutions Contractor to provide an independent whistleblowing hotline service, oversight of investigations, carry out investigations into major disclosures and provide critical friend services on investigations carried out internally.
It is expected that the new Contract shall operate from September 2025 for a period of three years with the option (at the Council’s discretion) to extend for a further two 12-months periods.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79411000, 79512000, 79720000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Contract for a single whistleblowing solutions Contractor to provide an independent whistleblowing hotline service, oversight of investigations, carry out investigations into major disclosures and provide critical friend services on investigations ca...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 055467-2025-CT1527-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Safecall**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-160409`
  - Value: £535,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 055467-2025-CT1527-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £535,000
  - Signed Date: 24/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F055467-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-10T14:18:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T09:28:28.079Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ce14