Independent Advocacy Services for Adults 16+

CPV: Community health services · Health and social work services · Miscellaneous health services · Social work and related services · Social work services

Shortlisting

Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Relevant selection criteria are included in the SPD module. Of particular note is question 4A2b. It is a mandatory requirement of this contract that Tenderers hold current membership of the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) at the time of tender submission. Tenderers must provide evidence of active SIAA membership as part of their tender response. Failure to provide evidence of current SIAA membership will result in exclusion from the procurement process.

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

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

22 Apr 2026, 14:02 BST

Last source update

21 Jul 2026, 11:58 BST

Authority reference

MID/26/17

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-068652

Classification (CPV)

Community health servicesHealth and social work servicesMiscellaneous health servicesSocial work and related servicesSocial work services

Delivery area

Scotland (UKM73)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-068891 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any situation referred to in regulation 58 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Financial Viability Test The financial information will be evaluated using the Midlothian Council Financial Viability Test, please see Appendix 1. The Tenderer will require to submit evidence in the form of their audited accounts or equivalent for the most recent 2 years (2 sets of signed, audited accounts), along with details of any significant changes since the last year end. Tenderers must not contact anyone at the Local Authority directly in relation to this tender exercise, doing so may result in your exclusion from any further part in the process. All questions must be raised using the Question & Answer facility within this notice. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=837893. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. 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: All Tenderers must sign Schedule 8 Community Benefits - Lot 1 and/or Schedule 9 Community Benefits - Lot 2 as a commitment to engage with Midlothian Council to identify and deliver community benefits to make positive contributions to people living in Midlothian. The successful Tenderer(s) is required as part of their contract to provide community benefits in compliance with Midlothian Council requirements as set out in Schedule 8 Community Benefits - Lot 1 and/or Schedule 9 Community Benefits - Lot 2. (SC Ref:837893) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=837893

Submission deadline

24 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST

Submission channel

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Accepted languages

en

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