Official UK procurement notice
2026 - Aberdeen City - Integrated Children with Disabilities Services
Authority: Aberdeen City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAberdeen City Council requires the provision of an integrated specialist support service for disabled children and young people aged from birth to 18 years who have complex and/or significant care and support needs requiring a level of specialist support beyond that ordinarily available through universal, community-based or mainstream care provision. This may include children and young people with complex health, physical, learning, developmental, sensory, communication and/or behavioural support needs, including needs associated with autism. Eligibility for, and the nature of, support will be determined by individual assessment of need, intended outcomes and the Service Provider's ability to meet those needs safely and appropriately. Short-break overnights and residential care will in the main be utilised for our older children (often teenagers.)
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The integrated support model will consist of the following elements:Published value£11,475,000
The integrated support model will consist of the following elements:
1.Home and Community Outreach
Tailored, person centred support for children and their families via a combination of:
-Outreach support
-Care at home
-Whole-family support
2.Residential Care
Specialist residential care for up to four children who are no longer able to remain living at home. As noted above, residential provision will in the main be utilised for older children, often teenagers.)
3.Residential Overnight and Short-Break Services
High-quality, child-centred residential and short-break services. Residential short breaks will in the main be utilised for our older children (often teenagers) in line with their age and stage of development.
The Services will be delivered through a hub-and-spoke model centred on the Service Provider’s properties in Aberdeen. The Service Provider will establish and maintain effective working relationships with Aberdeen City Council’s Social Work Service, community-based services, Orchard Brae School, other schools, health services, and relevant partner organisations. Additional information: The annual funding for Year 1 of the contract will be GBP2295000. Funding for the initial 3 year term is estimated at GBP6885000 with an estimated total maximum expenditure of over the over the full five-year contract term including both optional extensions of GBP11475000.
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Open Procedure
Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT)
Quality:Price 80:20
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Shortlisting
- PCS-T Question 4A.2 - Care Inspectorate Registration Bidders must confirm that they are appropriately registered with the Care Inspectorate for the services required. PCS-T Question 4C.1.2 – Relevant Experience Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described. A minimum of two examples will be required. Examples of relevant experience are delivering residential care or buildings based respite care to Children and young people aged from birth to 18 years with physical disabilities, complex health needs and/or autism. General statement regarding Exclusion Grounds: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £22,950,000 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Aberdeen City Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Aberdeen City Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
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Half of these awards have an award date within 51 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid0% / 35%
2–367% / 38%
4–60% / 20%
7+33% / 6%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate60% / 21%
Within ±2%0% / 65%
Above estimate40% / 13%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1The integrated support model will consist of the following elements:CPV 85Published estimate£11m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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1 bid17%
2–347%
4–617%
7+19%
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Where the award price may land.
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Based on 185 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
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Middle 50%£10m–£11m
Estimate£11m
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Advocacy Service AberdeenLive contract | Aberdeen City Advocacy Servicesruns to Sept 2028 | — | £2.1m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Aberdeen FoyerWorked for this buyer | Housing Support Service Young People – Accommodation Based - Aberdeen Citynotice published Jan 2022 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| IncludemWorked for this buyer | 2023 - Aberdeen City - Whole Family Support Servicesnotice published Sept 2024 | Targeted Family Support | — | Similar wording and category |
| Children 1stWorked for this buyer | 2023 - Aberdeen City - Whole Family Support Servicesnotice published Sept 2024 | Fit Like Family Wellbeing | — | Similar wording and category |
| Turning Point Scotland Services LtdWorked for this buyer | 2024-Aberdeen City-Housing First and Outreach Support Servicesnotice published Dec 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £4.8m3 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £749k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 2% below n=5 | |
IncludemSME | £4.1m4 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | 20% below n=2 |
ACTION FOR CHILDRENLarge | £144m33 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 7 live · £8.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=17 |
| £10m6 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £1.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £45m26 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 11 live · £26m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=16 |
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.
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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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 20 Oct 2026, 10:35 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2026, 10:35 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098841- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078b83Find a Tender
Publisher note: Credit Checks 1.The Council shall obtain a Creditsafe credit check and will score bidders accordingly: 71 - 100 Very Low Risk – Accept 51 - 70 Low Risk - Accept 30 - 50 Moderate Risk – subject to further discussion internally with the option to reject. 21-29 High Risk – subject to further discussion internally with the option to reject. 1-20 Very High Risk – Reject. 2. Please state current turnover (if contract value is over 50% of reported turnover, further discussion will be had internally with the option to reject). 3. If you are under no obligation to publish accounts on Companies House and/or do not have a comprehensive credit rating then provide audited financial accounts for the previous two years. Both quick and current ratios should be a minimum of 1:1.5 for the two successive years. Bidders whose ratios do not meet the minimum criteria will be rejected. Bidders who can provide audited accounts but chose not to do so shall be rejected. 4. Bidders who have been trading for less than one year and cannot provide audited accounts must submit the cash flow for the current year and a letter from the bank outlining the current cash and credit position for the current year and subsequent year. This will be subject to internal discussion with the option to reject. 5. If bidder still does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their submission is supported by a parent company guarantee. Insurance It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Employer’s Liability Insurance = GBP10m Public Liability Insurance = GBP5m The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32971. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Specific Community Benefits for this project are as follows: -Fair Work First -Carbon Reduction Further details will be provided in the Tender Overview attachment in PCS-T (SC Ref:846019)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 1 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 Oct 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published8 days ago20 Oct 2026, 10:35 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 33 days1 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.