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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Youth Counselling Service

East Renfrewshire Council · tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 20:06.

Opportunity overview

East 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.

Classification

  • CPV85311300 — Welfare services for children and young people
  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • 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.£600k

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ERC000744
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Has Recurrence
No

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
85311300
Description
Welfare services for children and young people

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
suitability
Description
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.

Applies To

supplier
Criterion 2
Type
economic
Description
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 bid to explain to the Council the relevance of that information. Where the economic bidder relies upon or intends to reply upon any Key Subcontractors in performance of the contract, then the Council reserves the right to assess the financial strength and suitability the Key subcontractor as part of the qualification process; Where the economic operator relies upon a parent company to provide financial assurance in support of their bid, the Council will also reserve the right to seek financial information on the strength and suitability of the parent company; and Where the economic operator relies upon the capacity of other parties in respect of selection and/or performance of the contract, then dependent on the nature of the arrangement the Council may require full disclosure of financial information in support of the bid. For example, where the bidder identifies as a consortium the Council will require that the consortium, as a group, can meet the financial selection requirements contained in the procurement documents. Where a bidder is part of a Consortium, it shall procure the execution and delivery to the Employer of a Consortium Guarantee (in the form provided by the council) executed by each member of the Consortium (acting as Consortium guarantor) in Self Proving Form. The Council reserves the right to monitor that the economic operator continues to meet the financial selection requirements upon receipt of the invitation to tender or after evaluation has been completed and prior to any award being made. Economic operators must inform the Council of any changes to any submission made by them in respect of their financial and or economic situation. The Council will further reserve the right to remove any economic operator from the tendering process where they are no longer able to fulfil any of the selection requirements as directed within the procurement documents. Further detail is contained within the procurement documents. Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender. It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10 million GBP Public Liability Insurance 5 million GBP Professional Indemnity Insurance 2 million GBP

Applies To

supplier

Contract terms

Performance Terms
Contract performance conditions provided within the tender documents and as detailed within PCS-Tender.
Has Electronic Ordering
Yes
Electronic Invoicing Policy
allowed
Has Electronic Payment
Yes

Other Requirements

Requires Staff Names And Qualifications
Yes

Covered By

GPA

Tender Period

Ends
22 Jun 2026, 12:00

Submission terms

Languages

en

Expected award period

Starts
22 Jun 2026, 12:00

Bid Opening

Date
22 Jun 2026, 12:00

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
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.
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
No
Status
active

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Community Benefits
Type
quality
Description
10
Criterion 2
Name
Fair Work First & Living Wage
Type
quality
Description
5
Criterion 3
Name
Carbon Footprint
Type
quality
Description
5
Criterion 4
Name
Implementation
Type
quality
Description
5
Criterion 5
Name
Method Statement
Type
quality
Description
25
Criterion 6
Name
Service Provision
Type
quality
Description
45
Criterion 7
Name
Staff Training
Type
quality
Description
5
Criterion 8
Type
price
Description
30

Value

Amount
600,000
Currency
GBP

Contract period

Duration In Days
720

Renewal

Description
Option to extend for a further 12 months.

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM83

Published documents

Entry 1
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria
Id
technical

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
East Renfrewshire Council
Id
GB-FTS-1036

Identifier

Legal Name
East Renfrewshire Council

Address

Street Address
Eastwood HQ, Eastwood Park,
Locality
Giffnock
Region
UKM83
Postal Code
G46 6UG
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Louise McNaught, Procurement Category Manager
Telephone
+44 1415778590

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
01
Description
General public services
Organisation 2
Name
Paisley Shariff Court and Justice of the Peace
Id
GB-FTS-73744

Identifier

Legal Name
Paisley Shariff Court and Justice of the Peace

Address

Locality
Paisley
Postal Code
PA3 2HW
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

reviewBody

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Giffnock · UKM83 · G46 6UG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM83

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 046372-2026tender ·