Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 30 Dec 2025, 16:37 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Post Diagnostic Support For Individuals with Autism.

Official notice

Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)

Awarded value£131,060published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 31 Mar 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Autism Initiatives2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Ongoing delivery and collaborative evaluation of post diagnostic support services for adults with Autism in the City of Edinburgh. This is an interim arrangement only to ensure continuation of the service for potentially vulnerable adults.

CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Award of a short term contract by the Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership…Awarded

Award of a short term contract by the Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership (EHSCP), to enable the continuation and evaluation of a service for the purposes of informing the future longer-term commissioning and procurement strategy.

Delivery: Scotland · The City of Edinburgh

85000000 Health and social work services 85300000 Social work and related services

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: Services
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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 30 Dec 2025, 16:37 GMT
Last source update: 10 Apr 2026, 16:30 BST
Authority reference: CT1652
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-032966
Classification (CPV): Health and social work servicesSocial work and related services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05fe5d Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The direct award approach is considered appropriate and justified by:

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. In general, a claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 10 days of the date on which the VEAT Notice is published.

Publisher note: The contract value referred to in this notice is estimated and for the full potential contract period. (SC Ref:829111)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £131,0601 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 31 Mar 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Autism Initiatives	£131,060 †	—	Awarded
Autism Initiatives	£87,373 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 032966-2026-CT1652-1 · Autism Initiatives
Signed
31 Mar 2026
Value
£131,060
Status
active
Contract 086503-2025-CT1652-1 · Autism Initiatives
Signed
29 Dec 2025
Value
£87,373
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The City of Edinburgh Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8BGContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Autism InitiativesAwarded supplier 11 Granton Square, EDINBURGH, Scotland, EH5 1HXContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.