Official UK procurement notice
Youth Counselling Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: East Renfrewshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Renfrewshire Council on behalf of the Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is inviting tenders, from suitably qualified providers for the Provision of a youth counselling service. The purpose of this service is to work with East Renfrewshire HSCP, Education and partners to deliver flexible, high-quality counselling services to children and young people aged 10-18 years living or educated within East Renfrewshire.
This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T). We will apply a one stage Open procedure.
Bidders must self-certify their adherence to the conditions of participation via the SPD (Scotland) in PSC-T, and may be required to submit Means of Proof before contract award. Bidders must refer to the specific requirements listed in Section III in this OJEU Contract Notice when completing the SPD in PCS-T.
The anticipated start date for the contract is early July 2026. The contract is for an initial period of 2 years plus an optional 1-year extension. It should be noted that extensions are available at the discretion of the Council and are not guaranteed.
The estimated value shown below is reflective of the full 3 years being offered. This is not guaranteed.
CPV: Health and social work services · Welfare services for children and young people
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The service will promote and improve the mental health and wellbeing and emotional…RenewalPublished value£600,000
The service will promote and improve the mental health and wellbeing and emotional resilience of children and young people who are negatively affected or at risk of being affected by poor mental health.
The provider will offer a flexible service to children and young people (CYP) of East Renfrewshire:
- CYP educated within the authority,
- CYP who reside in the authority
- CYP who are care experienced
The service will predominantly – but not exclusively – be delivered within a school setting. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016.
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 sub-criteria (8)
- Community Benefits: 10
- Fair Work First & Living Wage: 5
- Implementation: 5
- Method Statement: 25
- Service Provision: 45
- Staff Training: 5
- price: 30
- Carbon Footprint: 5
Published award criteria (8)
- Community Benefits: 10
- Fair Work First & Living Wage: 5
- Carbon Footprint: 5
- Implementation: 5
- Method Statement: 25
- Service Provision: 45
- Staff Training: 5
- Price: 30
- Suitability
Due to the nature of the services it is mandatory that all of the successful provider’s staff or staffs of a sub-contractor(s) hold Disclosure Scotland PVG memberships and professional counselling qualifications (full accreditation).
Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular memberships.
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of 400000 GBP for the last 2 years in the business area covered by the contract
The Council reserves the right at its own discretion to seek information from the applicant in accordance with Regulation 61(7) or Regulation 61(8) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to determine the Applicant’s economic and financial standing.
East Renfrewshire Council requires to ensure that the economic operator has the necessary economic and financial capacity to perform and complete the contract. In the current difficult economic environment, the Council seeks to ensure that the contractor who undertakes the works has suitable financial strength and capacity to complete these goods, works or services.
Where an economic operator wishes to be considered for selection under this contract but cannot meet the turnover and/or Credit Safe score of 30 that economic operator must provide financial information which will satisfy the Council that they have an equivalent level of economic and financial standing; and must provide related guarantees or formal assurances to support their right to participate and be considered for any contract award (Regulation 61(8)). Please note that any financial information disclosed should evidence the financial strength of the economic operator tendering, therefore additional supporting information will need to be provided where joint or group accounts are provided in support of a b…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 130 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
- Closed
- 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
- 20 May 2026, 13:29 BST
- Last source update
- 20 May 2026, 13:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Jun 2026 – …
- Authority reference
ERC000744- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-046372- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Contract performance conditions provided within the tender documents and as detailed within PCS-Tender.
Publisher note: Lots are not being used for this tender for the reason(s) stated below: Nature of the contract not suitable for lots. Prompt Payment-The successful tenderer shall, as a condition of being awarded the contract, be required to demonstrate to the council's satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these services are paid timeously and that as a minimum invoices rendered by subcontractors shall(unless formally disputed by the tenderer)be paid within 30 days of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its subcontractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors, if any. The Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from bidders at any point during the contract period. Failure to supply the information within timeframe requested may result in your bid being rejected & the Council proceeding with the procurement exercise to the next appropriate bidder. Additional information pertaining to this contract notice is contained within the Tender documents. Applicants must ensure they read in line with this contract notice. Bidders who intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, must confirm they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. Bidders must provide a response at SPD Q4.C.4 and this will include confirmation that they have the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and provide evidence when requested of: a) their standard payment terms. b) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year. Bidders unable to confirm (b) must provide an improvement plan, signed by their Director, which improves payment performance. It should be noted that where a bidder is unable to confirm or provide a satisfactory improvement plan the Council reserves the right to remove you from the process. Bidders are required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract. Bidders who intend to subcontract more than 25% to any individual organisation must ensure the SPD (Scotland) - Subcontractors Supplier Response is completed and uploaded at question 2C.1 of the qualification envelope. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31765. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 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: Community Benefits has been included as a mandatory requirement. Minimum Community Benefit Points (CBP) Required - 240. (SC Ref:831572)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
20 May 2026 → 22 Jun 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published160 days ago20 May 2026, 13:29 BST
- Submission deadline128 days ago22 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened128 days ago22 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Paisley Shariff Court and Justice of the PeaceReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria