Coming up· published 8 Aug 2025
Family Support Service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities
West Dunbartonshire Council · West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
West Dunbartonshire Council is planning Family Support Service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities. It is a contract for other health and social care in West Dunbartonshire.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 8 Aug 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice · 00:00
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
West Dunbartonshire Council is planning Family Support Service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities. 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 £700,000.
Public Contracts Scotland published it on 8 August 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000806847. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Summary of the contracting process
West Dunbartonshire Council is in the planning stage of a tender for the provision of a "Family Support Service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities." The procurement process focuses on general public services within the region of West Dunbartonshire, classified under CPV codes 85310000 and 85300000. The anticipated value of this service contract is £700,000.
A future notice is expected around 5th September 2025, with the formal contract notice to be published by approximately 30th September 2025. The service is set to commence on 1st January 2026 and will span a three-year period. The council is seeking providers that can contribute to their "Keeping The Promise" initiative and the Children's Strategy, ensuring positive outcomes for local youth.
About this tender
Family Support Service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
West Dunbartonshire Council are to tender for the provision of a family support service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities to start 1st January 2026 for a 3 year period.
The planned Contract Notice will be made available 30th September 2025 approx. We are seeking a supplier to provide innovative flexible and child centered approaches in partnership with families and other services we are committed to Keeping The Promise to West Dunbartonshire's children and young people and would like to partner with providers that are equally invested.
We are committed to Keeping The Promise and promoting positive outcomes for West Dunbartonshire's children and young people and invite partnerships from providers who will commit to our What would it take Children's Strategy. We will accept proposal's for partnerships between providers and are keen to hear of innovative practises.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Buyer's portal
- Public Contracts Scotland
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £700,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000806847
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services; 85300000 - Social work and related services; 85310000 - Social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work 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
- Louise McIvor
- Phone
- +44 1389737000
- Address
- Dumbarton, G82 1QL · Scotland · Scotland
Documents and links
- Specification Draftpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocumen…
- Family Support Service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities - Family Support Service with Day…publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Public Contracts Scotland portal, to register and bidpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx
- West-dunbarton.gov.ukwest-dunbarton.gov.uk/business/suppliers/procurement/
- Api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.ukapi.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice
- OCDS record ocds-r6ebe6-0000806847 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about Family Support Service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities
When will the Family Support Service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities 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 Family Support Service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities contract worth?
The estimated value is £700,000.
Who is the buyer for Family Support Service with Day Respite for Children with Disabilities?
West Dunbartonshire Council, based in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The named contact is Louise McIvor, on +44 1389737000.
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