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Intensive Support - Children / Young People (Highland)

Tender Overview

ORGANIZATION

The Highland Council

LOCATION

Highlands and Islands, United Kingdom

VALUE

£909,316

DEADLINE

March 20, 2026 at 12:00

CATEGORY

Other

CPV CODE

85000000

REFERENCE

008867-2026

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Original Tender Description

Provision of an Intensive Support Service for Children and Young People, offering practical and emotional support. This includes guidance on safety planning, risk management, emotional well-being, health, education, harm reduction, substance use, training, and parenting skills where appropriate. The service targets users exposed to criminal activity, offending behaviours, exploitation, and involvement with the Children’s Hearings System (non-exhaustive list), and also supports Parents/Carers/Guardians.
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MANDATORY EXCLUSION GROUNDS

  • No specific mandatory exclusion grounds are detailed in the provided summaries.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be a legal entity capable of providing health and social work services (CPV 85000000).
  • Must be able to deliver services within the Highland area of Scotland.
  • Must comply with all relevant legal and regulatory frameworks for providing intensive support services to children, young people, and families in Scotland.
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TECHNICAL CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Capability to provide an Intensive Support Service to Children and Young People.
  • Ability to offer practical and emotional support to service users.
  • Expertise in providing help and guidance on safety planning, risks and management of risks, emotional support, health, education, harm reduction, substance use, training, and where appropriate, parenting skills.
  • Experience and capability to support service users exposed to criminal activity, offending behaviours, exploitation, or involvement with the Children’s Hearings System.
  • Capability to offer support to Parent/Carers/Guardians.
  • Ability to propose and deliver community benefits as part of the service provision, which will form part of the evaluation.
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FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Must demonstrate financial capacity to deliver a contract with an estimated value of 909,316 EUR over 42 months.
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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  • Bids must be submitted via the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS-Tender) platform.
  • Bids must be submitted by the deadline: 2026-03-20T12:00:00+00:00.
  • Bidders must obtain and adhere to the full procurement documents available on Public Contracts Scotland.
  • A proposal detailing community benefits must be included as part of the submission.

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OCDS Record
OCDS Data008867-2026_ocds_record.json
Summary:
The Highland Council seeks providers for an Intensive Support Service offering practical and emotional aid to children, young people, and their carers who have experienced criminal activity, exploitation, or involvement with the Children’s Hearings System, with community benefits forming part of the evaluation.
DOC
OCDS Release Package
OCDS Data008867-2026_ocds_release.json
Summary:
This OCDS Release Package provides structured data about The Highland Council's tender for an Intensive Support Service for Children and Young People, detailing the service scope, community benefits, and referencing the PCS-Tender platform for submission.
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Official PDF Version
Administrative Documents008867-2026_official.pdf
Summary:
This document is a contract notice for an Intensive Support Service for Children and Young People in Highland, valued at approximately £909,316, providing practical and emotional support, with full procurement documents available on Public Contracts Scotland.
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Tender Notice
Administrative Documents008867-2026.html
Summary:
This tender notice from The Highland Council invites bids for an Intensive Support Service providing practical and emotional aid to children, young people, and their families in Highland, particularly those exposed to criminal activity, exploitation, or involved with the Children’s Hearings System.

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Good

Tender Quality Score

This tender for intensive support services for children and young people is generally well-described with clear requirements and e-procurement, but suffers from critical omissions regarding full evaluation criteria, mandatory exclusion grounds, and the tender's reveal date.

Score Breakdown

Legal Compliance75/100

The tender defines the procedure type and uses an appropriate CPV code. However, the absence of a reveal date prevents assessment of the minimum bidding period, and the summaries do not detail specific mandatory exclusion grounds. Key administrative codes are also missing.

Missing reveal date
No specific mandatory exclusion grounds detailed in summaries
Clarity60/100

The service description and AI-extracted requirements are clear and understandable. However, the critical absence of full evaluation criteria and their weighting significantly reduces clarity for potential bidders, making it difficult to formulate a competitive proposal.

Full evaluation criteria and weighting are not specified
Completeness65/100

Basic information like title, reference, organization, value, duration, and deadlines are provided. However, the full tender documents are not directly included (only summaries), and crucial details such as full evaluation criteria, liable person, and procedure codes are missing.

Full tender documents not provided directly (only summaries)
Full evaluation criteria missing
Fairness60/100

The tender supports e-procurement and discloses the estimated value, which promotes fairness. However, the lack of specified full evaluation criteria and weighting severely impacts transparency and equal opportunity for bidders. The missing reveal date also affects the transparency of the bidding period.

Full evaluation criteria and weighting are not specified
Missing reveal date impacts transparency of bidding period
Practicality85/100

Electronic submission via the PCS-Tender platform is supported, and key dates like contract start and duration are clearly specified. The absence of a direct URL to the full tender documents is a minor inconvenience.

Direct URL to full tender documents not explicitly provided
Data Consistency80/100

Dates provided are logical and consistent, and there are no reported disputes or suspensions. However, several key administrative fields, such as 'Liable Person', 'Type Code', 'Procedure Code', and 'Reveal Date', are unpopulated.

Missing 'Liable Person'
Missing 'Type Code' and 'Procedure Code'
Sustainability60/100

The tender demonstrates a strong social focus, given the nature of the service and the explicit mention of community benefits as an evaluation factor. However, there is no explicit mention of green procurement or innovation criteria.

No explicit green procurement criteria
No explicit innovation focus

Strengths

Clear and detailed service description
Electronic submission via PCS-Tender is supported
Estimated value, contract duration, and start date are clearly specified
CPV code is appropriate and NUTS code is provided
Strong social aspect with explicit mention of community benefits

Concerns

Full evaluation criteria and weighting are not specified
Missing reveal date, making it impossible to assess the full bidding period
No specific mandatory exclusion grounds are detailed in the provided summaries
Full tender documents are not directly provided, only summaries
Missing key administrative fields (Liable Person, Type Code, Procedure Code)

Recommendations

1. Publish the full, detailed evaluation criteria and their weighting to ensure transparency and fairness.
2. Provide the tender's reveal date to allow for proper assessment of the bidding period's reasonableness.
3. Ensure all mandatory exclusion grounds are clearly stated in the full tender documentation.

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