Official UK procurement notice
Adult Carers and Young Carers Support Services
Authority: South Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Adult Carers and Young Carers Support Services.
The Council are looking to procure Services that will continue to support and work with Adult Carers and Young Carers residing in South Lanarkshire to offer holistic, personalised support through an outcomes approach by offering a range of direct and indirect support. The Service will deliver a full spectrum of preventative approaches and supports to enable Adult Carers and Young Carers to achieve their outcomes and ensure their rights are met.
This is an Open Tender including 2 Lots, with one supplier being awarded per Lot.
There is a maximum budget for Lot 2 (for both Lots), further details can be found within the Service Specification (Appendix 4) and Pricing Schedule (Appendix 5).
For clarity, the definition of Adult Carers and Young Carers is as per the Carers Act Scotland 2016.
“adult carer” means a carer who is at least 18 years old but is not a young carer.
“young carer” means a carer who; (a) under 18 years old, or (b) has attained the age of 18 years while a pupil at school, and has since attaining that age remained a pupil at that or another school.
- Recurrence: July 2031 or July 2033 or July 2035 dependant optional extensions and/or funding.
CPV: Social work services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£5,725,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Adult Carers Support ServiceRenewalPublished value£4,360,000
The Council are looking to purchase a Service that will continue to support and work with Adult Carers residing in South Lanarkshire to offer holistic, personalised support through an outcomes approach by offering a range of direct and indirect support. The Service will deliver engagement and empowerment activities, information and representation services. It will offer training, short breaks information and advice and Adult Carer Support Plans. The Service will deliver a full spectrum of preventative approaches and supports to enable Adult Carers to achieve their outcomes, have a life alongside caring, ensure their rights are met and maintain their own health and wellbeing.
Lot #2Young Carers Support ServiceRenewalPublished value£1,365,000
The Council are looking to purchase a Service that will continue to support and work with Young Carers residing in South Lanarkshire to offer holistic, personalised support based on assessed need, risk and personal outcomes, to promote choice, control and independence for Young Carers by offering a range of direct and indirect support. The Service will deliver engagement and empowerment activities, information and representation services and connect Young Carers to their communities. It will offer a range of support including one to one, group work, and short breaks and in school support. It will offer training, information and advice, and Young Carer Statements. The Service will deliver a full spectrum of preventative approaches and supports to enable Young Carers to achieve their outcomes, have a life similar to that of other young people, ensure their rights are met and to stay healthy, safe, nurtured, included, active, achieving and responsible.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70
- Price: 30
- Suitability
SPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities
Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon.
SPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely
Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the SPD for each Subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on.
SPD Question 4A.1 Trade Registers
It is a requirement of this tender that if the bidder is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the bidder is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to the Councils satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the company name given.
If the bidder is based out-with the UK they must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register appropriate to their country as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
SPD Question 4A.2 Authorisation/Membership
Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.
- Economic & financial standing
SPD Question 4B.4 Economic and Financial Standing
The Council will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidders financial status:
Profitability – this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for this ratio;
Liquidity – this is calculated as current assets less stock and work in progress, divided by current liabilities. If the answer is greater than or equal to one then it is a pass for this ratio
Gearing – this is calculated as the total external secured borrowing (short term and long term) divided by shareholder funds expressed as a percentage. If the answer is less than or equal to 100% it is considered a pass for this ratio.
Bidders must provide the name and value of each of the 3 ratios within their response to SPD question 4B.4.
The Council requires bidders to pass 2 out of the 3 financial ratios above.
Where 2 out of the 3 ratios cannot be met, the Council may take the undernoted into consideration when assessing financial viability and the risk to the Council, providing that the Bidder can supply evidence to substantiate any of the mitigating criteria when requested to do so.
The following list is not exhaustive and other criteria may be considered where proposed by a bidder as mitigating factors:
Would the bidder have passed the checks if prior year accounts had been used?
Were any of the poor appraisal outcomes "marginal"?
Does the bidder operate in a market which, traditionally, requir…
- Technical & professional ability
SPD Question 4C.1.2 Technical and Professional Ability (Services Experience)
With reference to the nature and details of the services that are the subject matter of this tender, Bidders should demonstrate in their response to question 4C.1.2 that they have held contracts (preferably public sector authority) of a similar nature, size and value to those mentioned in the Service Specification.
Bidders are required to provide examples that demonstrate relevant experience delivering carers support service over the last 3 years.
Experience should be evidenced for all Lots being bid for, bidders should use the Technical Experience Template (Attachment 12) provided in the general attachments to give details of their experience and then upload this attachment to the general area.
SPD Question 4C.6 and 4C.6.1 Technical and Professional Ability (Qualifications)
It is a mandatory requirement of this tender that the successful bidder’s staff and any subcontractor used by them to deliver the services as part of the contract must be appropriately vetted in accordance with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
SPD Question 4C.9 Technical and Professional Ability
It is a mandatory requirement of the tender and subsequent contract that the successful bidder(s) must have, or commit to have, by the end of the implementation phase, premises located within South Lanarkshire geographical boundary as shown on Attachment 7 and referred to in the Service Specification.
SPD Questi…
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · July 2031 or July 2033 or July 2035 dependant optional extensions and/or funding.
- First published
- 30 Jul 2026, 16:35 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jul 2026, 16:35 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Sept 2026 – …
- Authority reference
SLC/SW/24/072- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072385- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As detailed in Attachment 3 - Terms and Conditions of Contract.
Publisher note: Exclusion Criteria 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 SPD Questions 3A–3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and SPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds All exclusion grounds will be assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis For the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self cleansing measures undertaken For the discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self cleansing measures undertaken SPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Information Sharing Protocol It is a requirement of this tender that the bidder recommended for award completes and submits, when requested to by the Council, the Serious and Organised Crime Information Sharing Protocol form for evaluation prior to any award being made Declarations and Certificates In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope. All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T SPD 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate SPD 3D.3 Human Rights Act Declaration SPD 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate SPD 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates SPD 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declarations SPD 4C.6 Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Declaration SPD 4D.1 Health and Safety Questionnaire Declaration SPD 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T In the case of an open tender, the other Declarations listed above will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes and prior to the award of the tender Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the SPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified The Form of Offer to Tender must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Commercial Envelope The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31944. 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: Under this contract bidders will be required to actively participate in the achievement of Community Benefits (CB's). A summary of the expected CB'S has been provided within Attachment 1 and within the technical envelope. Bidders will be asked to provide details of the CB's they can offer as part of their bid. Using the Council’s Community Benefits matrix (Attachment 14) the Council has calculated that the minimum total of Community Benefits points which must be delivered under this contract in relation to each Lot Lot 1 requires a minimum of 500 Community Benefit Points Lot 2 requires a minimum of 150 Community Benefit Points (SC Ref:833811)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
30 Jul 2026 → 10 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Notice published90 days ago30 Jul 2026, 16:35 BST
- Submission deadline47 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened47 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Bids must remain valid untilin 133 days10 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hamilton Sheriff CourtReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.