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Published 1 Aug 2025, 13:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of a Professional Independent Advocacy Service

Official notice

Authority: Renfrewshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Scotland (UKM83)
Published estimate£761,352exc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Sept 2025awarded 13 May 2026
Awarded to The Advocacy Project (Scotland), VoiceAbility2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Renfrewshire Council is seeking to put a contract in place for the provision of a Professional Independent Advocacy Service for Adults, to be delivered from an office situated at a central location in Renfrewshire that is easily reached by all forms of public and individual transport.

This Contract will also require specific advocacy for people with drug and alcohol issues.

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Open TenderAwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland · Renfrewshire (to be delivered from an office situated at a central location in Renfrewshire that is easily reached by all forms of public and individual transport).
Extensions: Contract Period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to 12 months on 1 occasion, anticipated to be 01 January 2026 – 31 December 2029 (or 31 December 2030, if the extension is taken up).Variant bids: not allowed
85000000 Health and social work services85140000 Miscellaneous health services85323000 Community health services

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
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (7)
  • Service Delivery: 20%
  • Principles and Standards: 15%
  • Managing Performance: 10%
  • Service Mobilisation: 15%
  • Fair Work First: 5%
  • Community Benefits: 5%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (10)
  • Service Delivery: 20%
  • Principles and Standards: 15%
  • Managing Performance: 10%
  • Service Mobilisation: 15%
  • Location of Office used for Service: Pass/Fail
  • Fair Work First: 5%
  • Community Benefits: 5%
  • Insurances: Pass/Fail
  • Health and Safety: Pass/Fail
  • Price: 30%
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    The Council’s standard practice is to request a minimum Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Failure Score of 20 as part of the tender process. D&B scores are also checked monthly as part of Contract Management activities.

    Where the Failure Score is lower than the requirement or is unavailable due to organisational structures, other information such as audited accounts will be requested and reviewed by Finance to ensure they are satisfied with the financial stability.

    Tenderers will also have to meet the minimum Insurance requirements (below).

    Minimum: The following insurance levels will be required as part of this procurement: - Employers liability - statutory minimum 10million GBP, each and every claim. If a Provider is exempt from the legal requirement for employers’ liability, then the Provider must confirm the relevant exe…
  • Technical & professional ability

    Tenderers must be able to demonstrate capability and capacity by providing examples which evidence their recent experience (ending within the last 3 years) relevant to the delivery of Services under this Contract, for example delivery of similar Services to local authorities.

    The preference is for 2 years or more experience - however, in order to ensure that newer/start-up organisations can bid, a shorter period will be considered if it clearly demonstrates relevant experience and capacity.

    All staff employed in the delivery of the Service must be PVG registered.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • 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
Awarded
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
1 Aug 2025, 13:33 BST
Last source update
1 Jul 2026, 11:59 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Sept 2025 – …
Authority reference
RC-CPU-25-063
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-061645
Classification (CPV)
Community health servicesHealth and social work servicesMiscellaneous health services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM83)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056b5b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/446, as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session in accordance with Regulation 88 of the 2015 Regulations.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:836044)

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
8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

8 Sept 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until265 days ago
    5 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Notice published119 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 11:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 Dec 2025, 15:42 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £1,457,4622 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 13 May 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Advocacy Project (Scotland)SME£728,731 †—Awarded
VoiceAbility£728,731 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Renfrewshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, Scotland, PA1 1JBContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • See VI.4.3 belowReview body See VI.4.3 below

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • The Advocacy Project (Scotland)Awarded supplier Kirkstane House, 139 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, UK, G2 5JF
  • VoiceAbilityAwarded supplier Tay House, 300 Bath Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 4JRContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.