Awarded· 22 Sept 2025
Counselling and Therapeutic Services for Young People
Stirling Council · Stirling, Scotland
Stirling Council has awarded Counselling and Therapeutic Services for Young People. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stirling.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 25 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Action in Mind
2025
Award notice published
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice · 00:00
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About this tender
In brief
Stirling Council has awarded Counselling and Therapeutic Services for Young People. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stirling. The contract went to Action in Mind. It was awarded on 22 September 2025. The contract value is £45,487.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Public Contracts Scotland published it on 25 September 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000811311.
Summary of the contracting process
Stirling Council, a regional or local authority in Stirling, has completed the procurement process for school counselling and therapeutic services aimed at primary and secondary aged young people. The procurement falls under the industry categories of "General public services" and "Housing and community amenities" and is classified under CPV code 85312300.
Utilising a limited procurement method without prior publication of a call for competition, the contract was awarded to Action in Mind, a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) located in Stirling. The contract, valued at £45,487, was signed on 22nd September 2025. The procurement was conducted to address service gaps that could not be met internally and is aligned with the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act and associated best practice guidance.
Businesses well-suited to compete in similar procurement processes include SMEs with expertise in providing mental health support and youth counselling services.
About this tender
School counselling services for primary and secondary aged young people
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Complete
School counselling services
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Action in Mind
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Buyer's portal
- Public Contracts Scotland
Values
- Contracts value
- £45,487
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Contracts
- Active
Not stated in the notice: awards.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000811311
- CPV code
- 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services; 85312310 - Guidance services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Stirling
- Town
- Falkirk and Stirling
- Postcode
- FK7 7QA
- Electoral ward
- Stirling East
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan
- Delivery area
- Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
- Area
- Eastern Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Stirling Council
- Category
- Services
- Phone
- +44 1786404040
- Address
- Stirling, FK7 7QA · Scotland · Scotland
Not stated in the notice: contact.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Action in Mind
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Counselling and Therapeutic Services for Young People - School counselling services for primary and secondary…publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Public Contracts Scotland portal, to register and bidapi.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice
- OCDS record ocds-r6ebe6-0000811311 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about Counselling and Therapeutic Services for Young People
Who won the Counselling and Therapeutic Services for Young People contract?
Stirling Council awarded the contract to Action in Mind on 22 September 2025.
How much is the Counselling and Therapeutic Services for Young People contract worth?
The contract value is £45,487.
Who is the buyer for Counselling and Therapeutic Services for Young People?
Stirling Council, based in Stirling, Scotland.
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