Coming up· published 13 May 2025
Family Support Services
Moray Council · Moray, Scotland
Moray Council is planning Family Support Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Moray.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 13 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice · 00:00
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
Moray Council is planning Family Support Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Moray. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Public Contracts Scotland published it on 13 May 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000798674. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Moray Council, a regional or local authority based in Elgin, Scotland, is in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Family Support Services". The initiative aims to provide essential services in the "Health" sector, as identified by its COFOG classification. Moray is the proposed location for the delivery of these services.
The council has issued a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to gauge interest from potential providers, with the submission deadline set for Friday, 6 June 2025. The planning document highlights a future notice date of 29 August 2025, indicating this as part of a structured tender process under the services category.
About this tender
Delivery of family support services across Moray.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
Moray Council is seeking interest from providers of family support services. The primary aim of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to identify providers who would be interested in bidding for a proposed future tender exercise for delivery of family support services across Moray. The secondary aim is to design a service that will deliver the greatest impact and outcomes for the children, young people and families who access it.
As a direct result of consultation, the following areas are essential to the children's, families and justice service social work team.
Intensive support to children, young people and families, with agreed outcomes and tailored sessions Parental support, including group work, individual sessions and the use of known successful training / programmes Support for parents and carers with children and young people with a neurodiversity diagnosis Inclusive neurodiversity service for young people Mental Health services for young people Practical Support for families to develop and maintain routines,
understanding and setting boundaries etc. Emotional Support All services must be delivered in a consistent and focussed approach with the children, young people and families at the centre. The trauma informed principles must be embedded into practice with a focus on parental trauma and child trauma. Flexible service delivery, allowing for sessions in the evening, weekends, online and activities / group sessions throughout the school holidays.
Following consultation, the above areas will be lotted and budget advertised. It is anticipated that more than one provider could be successful in any tender award. We would like to invite you to submit ideas and evidence of successful service delivery in these areas.
Your expertise in running services across Scotland, will provide information to conclude the consultation process.. We would ask you to submit any ideas and evidence of successful service delivery by Friday, 6 June 2025 to cfcommissioning@moray.gov.uk for any informal discussions please contact the same email address with some availability for a 30 minute Teams meeting.
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
- PCS Notice - Website 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
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000798674
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Moray
- Town
- Inverness
- Postcode
- IV30 1BX
- Electoral ward
- Elgin City North
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
- Delivery area
- Inverness and Nairn, Moray, and Badenoch and Strathspey
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- Highlands and Islands
- Area
- Highlands and Islands
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Moray Council
- Category
- Services
- Phone
- +44 1343563137
- Address
- Elgin, IV30 1BX · Scotland · Scotland
Not stated in the notice: contact.
Documents and links
- Family Support Services - Delivery of family support services across Moray.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Public Contracts Scotland portal, to register and bidapi.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice
- Publiccontractsscotland.gov.ukpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx
- OCDS record ocds-r6ebe6-0000798674 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about Family Support Services
When will the Family Support Services tender open?
Moray 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.
Who is the buyer for Family Support Services?
Moray Council, based in Moray, Scotland.
How do I bid for Family Support Services?
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