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Published 6 Mar 2025, 09:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Outreach Housing Support for Anyone Experiencing Domestic and/or Coercive Control

Official notice

Authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council (Local council)

4 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 16 Apr 2025
Lots 4see the lot list below
Contract term 2 yrs 6 moends 31 Mar 2028 · extension options published · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Dumfries and Galloway Council has a duty under Section 32B of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 as amended, to conduct a housing support assessment for applicants who are unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness and that they have ‘reason to believe’ need the housing support services prescribed in regulations. The ‘regulations’ are the Housing Support Services (Homelessness) (Scotland) Regulations 2012. This opportunity is for the provision of high-quality outreach housing support within the Dumfries and Galloway region for anyone who has been subject to domestic abuse and/or coercive control. This includes those who have been assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness.

CPV: Social work services without accommodation

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Shared scope across all lots

Applies to lots 1, 2, 3, 4.

Dumfries and Galloway Council are seeking organisations to deliver outreach housing support to anyone who is experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse and/or coercive control.

Housing support services including outreach housing support include:

  • Counselling
  • Advocacy
  • Home visits
  • Access to out of hours emergency contact and advice service
Lot #1Outreach Housing Support for Anyone Experiencing Domestic Abuse and/or Coercive Control - Annandale & EskdaleCancelledRenewal 2 yrs 6 mo
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs 6 mo)
Delivery: Scotland · Annandale & Eskdale area of Dumfries and Galloway region
Extensions: Two 12 month extension periods will be at the sole discretion of Dumfries and Galloway CouncilVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Outreach Housing Support for Anyone Experiencing Domestic Abuse and/or Coercive Control - NithsdaleCancelledRenewal 2 yrs 6 mo
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs 6 mo)
Delivery: Scotland · Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway
Extensions: subject to two 12 month extension periods at the sole discretion of Dumfries and Galloway CouncilVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Outreach Housing Support for Anyone Experiencing Domestic Abuse or Coercive Control - StewartryCancelledRenewal 2 yrs 6 mo
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs 6 mo)
Delivery: Scotland · Stewartry area of Dumfries and Galloway
Extensions: Option to extend for two 12 month periods at the sole discretion of Dumfries and Galloway CouncilVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Outreach Housing Support for Anyone Experiencing Domestic Abuse or Coercive Control - WigtownshireCancelledRenewal 2 yrs 6 mo
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs 6 mo)
Delivery: Scotland · Wigtownshire area of Dumfries and Galloway
Extensions: Two 12 month extension periods at the sole discretion of Dumfries and Galloway CouncilVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
Cancelled
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Mar 2025, 09:01 GMT
Last source update
31 Mar 2025, 13:56 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Apr 2025 – …
Authority reference
DGCSC-0024
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012018
Classification (CPV)
Social work services without accommodation
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM92)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e9f4 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:794846)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
16 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
16 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 Mar 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Notice published
    31 Mar 2025, 13:56 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    16 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    16 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts392 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    31 Mar 2025, 13:56 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 4

4 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Dumfries and Galloway Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Procurement Team, Carruthers House, Dumfries, Scotland, DG1 2HPContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Dumfries Sheriff CourtReview body Dumfries

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria