Coming up· published 4 Jul 2025
Independent Advocacy Services for Children's Social Work Services
East Lothian Council · East Lothian, Scotland
East Lothian Council is planning Independent Advocacy Services for Children's Social Work Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in East Lothian.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 4 Jul 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
East Lothian Council is planning Independent Advocacy Services for Children's Social Work Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in East Lothian. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Public Contracts Scotland published it on 4 July 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000803413. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Summary of the contracting process
East Lothian Council is in the planning stage of a public procurement process for "Independent Advocacy Services for Children’s Social Work Services." The tender is classified under the services industry category, specifically targeting general public services. This planned procurement notice is for the East Lothian region (UKM73), with a future notice date set for 1st August 2025.
Interested parties are encouraged to prepare for the upcoming procurement stage following this date. The buying organisation, East Lothian Council, is based in Haddington, East Lothian, and qualifies as a regional or local authority within the UK.
About this tender
Independent Advocacy Services for Children's Social Work Services
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
Independent Advocacy Services for Children's Social Work Services
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-r6ebe6-0000803413
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- East Lothian
- Town
- Edinburgh
- Postcode
- EH41 3HA
- Electoral ward
- Haddington and Lammermuir
- Constituency
- Lothian East
- Delivery area
- East Lothian and Midlothian
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- East Lothian and Midlothian
- Area
- East Central Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- East Lothian Council
- Category
- Services
- Phone
- +44 1620827827
- Address
- Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 3HA · Scotland · Scotland
Not stated in the notice: contact.
Documents and links
- Independent Advocacy Services for Children's Social Work Servicespubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocumen…
- Independent Advocacy Services for Children's Social Work Services - Independent Advocacy Services for…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-r6ebe6-0000803413 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about Independent Advocacy Services for Children's Social Work Services
When will the Independent Advocacy Services for Children's Social Work Services tender open?
East Lothian 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 Independent Advocacy Services for Children's Social Work Services?
East Lothian Council, based in East Lothian, Scotland.
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