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# Young Carers and Family Drug and Alcohol Support Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/young-carers-and-family-drug-and-alcohol-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06567e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Borders Council: "Young Carers and Family Drug and Alcohol Support Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Borders Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-borders-council-ons-s12000026)
- **Published Value:** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 April 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM91
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06567e`

## 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/young-carers-and-family-drug-and-alcohol-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06567e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2Fespd%2Fauthority%2Frequests%2Fgenerator%2Fstart.aspx%3Freqid%3Db7e3cb2f-81e7-483c-88bb-9b19839b4dbd%26docid%3Dnull)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/young-carers-and-family-drug-and-alcohol-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06567e#participate

## Description
Scottish Borders Council (the Council) is seeking Bidder responses to this Invitation to Tender (ITT) to provide Young Carers and Family Drug and Alcohol Support Service.
The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 makes it a statutory requirement for local authorities to support Young Carers (under 18 or still at school) to minimize the impact of their caring role.
The service aims to reduce the impact of harms on children and young people from:
Substance use in the family
Caring responsibility and the emotional impact of this where there is physical and mental ill-health in the family.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000
- **Description:** The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 makes it a statutory requirement for local authorities to support young carers (under 18 or still at school) to minimize the impact of their caring role.
The Young Carers and Family Drug and Alcohol Support Service aims...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 059822-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Action for Children**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:04764232`
  - Value: £1,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 059822-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,000
  - Signed Date: 07/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F059822-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-25T11:31:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T08:18:14.773Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06567e