Official UK procurement notice
DCAF-Ages and Stages Questionnaires - National Licence
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAll children in Scotland are entitled to benefit from the Scottish Child Health Programme. The programme consists of formal screenings for specific medical conditions, routine childhood immunisations and a series of child health reviews provided by a Health Visitor or Family Nurse. Appropriate support and/or referral can be made where concerns are identified in a child or young person.
This approach provides proactive care and supports all children to attain the highest level of health and wellbeing possible.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Details of five routine contacts with a Family Nurse and/or Health Visitor (First…Awarded
Details of five routine contacts with a Family Nurse and/or Health Visitor (First Visit (11-14 days), 6-8 week review, 13-15 month review, 27-30 month review and 4-5 year review) are inputted into the Child Health Surveillance Programme – Pre-School system (CHSP-PS). This produces population level data on the health and development of pre-school children across Scotland. This data can be used to guide service provision and improvement work at local, regional and national levels.
In addition, the Scottish Government’s Early Child Development Transformational Change Programme, launched on 14 December 2023 aims to improve early child development by providing enhanced oversight and better integration of relevant policies. It promotes prevention and early intervention across the pre-birth to three age range and looks to identify and respond to policy and implementation gaps. The aim of the Programme is to reduce the proportion of children with developmental concerns at 27-30 months by a quarter by 2030 (from 18% to 13.5%).
The ASQ is the only viable tool which can support the assessment of pre-school child development in Scotland.
In context of Scottish child health policy and delivery, any child development assessment tool would need to meet the following criteria.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Oct 2025, 10:34 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2025, 10:34 BST
- Authority reference
771982- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061193- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a596Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
There are no viable alternatives to ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 as the tools which support the assessment of child development for pre-school children in Scotland.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:811676)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul H Brookes Publishing Company Incorporated | £253,838 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 061193-2025-771982-1 · Paul H Brookes Publishing Company Incorporated
- Signed
- 24 Sept 2025
- Value
- £253,838
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Paul H Brookes Publishing Company IncorporatedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.