Official UK procurement notice
Whole Family Support Framework (Re-Opening 2025)
Authority: East Ayrshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe service will work with each of the six HEART (Help Everyone at The Right Time) areas to identify and support children and families in need of support at the earliest possible point. The aim is to prevent, mitigate and recover from the challenges they are experiencing by recognizing and building on family strengths. The service will provide direct early family focused support to achieve more consistency in identifying and responding to families’ needs within each providers’ area of expertise.
- Recurrence: Yes, subject to further funding. Retender in 2 or 3 years.
CPV: Business development consultancy services · Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 5 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 6 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Children & Young People’s Mental Health & Wellbeing ServicesAwardedRenewal
Lot 3 - Children & Young People’s Mental Health & Wellbeing Services
The service will work with each of the six HEART (Help Everyone at The Right Time) areas to identify and support children and families in need of support at the earliest possible point. The aim is to prevent, mitigate and recover from the challenges they are experiencing by recognizing and building on family strengths. The service will provide direct early family focused support to achieve more consistency in identifying and responding to families’ needs within each providers’ area of expertise.
Lot #2Specialist & Therapeutic Support ServicesAwardedRenewal
Lot 4 – Specialist & Therapeutic Support Services
The service will work with each of the six HEART (Help Everyone at The Right Time) areas to identify and support children and families in need of support at the earliest possible point. The aim is to prevent, mitigate and recover from the challenges they are experiencing by recognizing and building on family strengths. The service will provide direct early family focused support to achieve more consistency in identifying and responding to families’ needs within each providers’ area of expertise.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 100
- Price: 0
- “Whole Family Support Framework (Re-Opening 2025)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Yes, subject to further funding. Retender in 2 or 3 years.
- First published
- 9 Jan 2025, 11:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Apr 2025, 15:37 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
PS/24/18- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015035- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ce8cFind a Tender
Publisher note: The is the Re-Opening of an existing Framework to new providers. Any company who was successfully appointed to the framework in April 2024 does not need to re-apply. New tenderers will be included for the remaining duration of the framework including any extensions. This process is being ran through PCS-Tender where documents can be downloaded and any questions raised through the Message facility. (SC Ref:796345)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
11 Feb 2025 → 14 Apr 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown11 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened11 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published14 Apr 2025, 15:37 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete14 Apr 2025, 15:37 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £2,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Children & Young People’s Mental Health & Wellbeing Services
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Specialist & Therapeutic Support Services
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Children & Young People’s Mental Health & Wellbeing Services | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 2 · Specialist & Therapeutic Support Services | 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- East Ayrshire Carers CentreFramework contractor
- IncludemFramework contractor
- Kooth Digital Health LimitedFramework contractor
- Mind Of My Own LtdFramework contractor
- Neighbourhood NetworksFramework contractor
- UCAN Learn.Work.LiveFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.