Coming up· published 7 May 2025
Addiction Services - Youth Service Pilot
West Dunbartonshire Council · West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
West Dunbartonshire Council is planning Addiction Services - Youth Service Pilot. It is a contract for other health and social care in West Dunbartonshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 7 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 14:53
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
West Dunbartonshire Council is planning Addiction Services - Youth Service Pilot. It is a contract for other health and social care in West Dunbartonshire. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £1.
Find a Tender published it on 7 May 2025. The notice number is 019471-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050e1c. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Summary of the contracting process
West Dunbartonshire Council is initiating a procurement process titled "Addiction Services – Youth Service Pilot". This project falls under the "Other community, social and personal services" industry category, with a focus on social work services targeted at children and young people. The location for this procurement is Dumbarton, United Kingdom, specifically within West Dunbartonshire Council's jurisdiction.
As of now, the process is in the planning stage, with an engagement session scheduled on 15th May 2025 to discuss the potential pilot's framework. The official notice for further communications is expected to be issued on 16th June 2025. This tender invites experienced service providers to bring innovative solutions and potentially establish a partnership to deliver impactful social services.
About this tender
West Dunbartonshire's Alcohol and Drug Partnership are looking to evolve how we deliver support services to those experiencing challenges relating to addictions, given changing demographics and local need. In 2024 we developed our new strategy, a copy of this can be accessed via this notice.
We would like to invite interested and experienced providers of young people's services within a substance use context to discuss what our pilot could look like and the outcomes that we would like to achieve.
To find out more and to see how you could shape our youth service, come and join us on Thursday 15th May at 10am - 12 noon in the Ballantines Room at our Head Office, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, G82 1QL. Please note, spaces are limited and we would request no more than 2 people from each organisation.
To confirm your attendance please click the note your interest button and email Neil.McKechnie@west-dunbarton.gov.uk
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
Children and young people's service
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- Public Contracts Scotland
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £1
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 019471-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050e1c
- CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services; 85310000 - Social work services; 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation; 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services; 98 - Other community, social and personal services
Location
- Local authority
- West Dunbartonshire
- Town
- Glasgow
- Postcode
- G82 1QL
- Electoral ward
- Dumbarton
- Constituency
- West Dunbartonshire
- Delivery area
- East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- Area
- West Central Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- West Dunbartonshire Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Jennifer Darkins
- Address
- Dumbarton, G82 1QL · Scotland · Scotland
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
- West-dunbarton.gov.ukwest-dunbarton.gov.uk/business/suppliers/procurement/
- Public Contracts Scotland portal, to register and bidapi.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice
- Publiccontractsscotland.gov.ukpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx
- Publiccontractsscotland.gov.ukpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx
- Latest noticefind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019471-2025
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-050e1c (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Addiction Services - Youth Service Pilot
When will the Addiction Services - Youth Service Pilot tender open?
West Dunbartonshire Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the Addiction Services - Youth Service Pilot contract worth?
The estimated value is £1.
Who is the buyer for Addiction Services - Youth Service Pilot?
West Dunbartonshire Council, based in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The named contact is Jennifer Darkins.
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