Coming up· published 1 Sept 2025
Intensive Support Services for Young People
The Highland Council · Highland, Scotland
The Highland Council is planning Intensive Support Services for Young People. It is a contract for other health and social care in Highland.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 1 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2025
Pipeline notice published
PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice · 00:00
View notice
About this tender
In brief
The Highland Council is planning Intensive Support Services for Young People. It is a contract for other health and social care in Highland. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £250,000.
Public Contracts Scotland published it on 1 September 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000808026. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The Highland Council, a regional or local authority in Inverness, is currently in the planning stage of a tender for "Intensive Support Services for Young People". The procurement is focused on providing high-quality outreach services to Care Experienced Young People in the Highland region. This service will offer practical and emotional support, addressing safety planning, health, education, and substance use among other needs.
The contract is valued at £250,000 and is anticipated to last for three years, with a possible extension of one year. The primary procurement category is services, and the industry classification falls under the CPV code 85000000. Key dates include the future notice date set for 25th August 2025, with the procurement process tagged as a planned initiation.
Organisations with a presence or capability to operate in the Highlands will have a logistical advantage in serving the local community effectively.
About this tender
The Highland Council is seeking a high-quality outreach support service for Care Experienced Young People that will ensure the provision of practical and emotional support to Service Users through offering help and guidance on matters such as safety planning, risks and management of risks, emotional support, health, education, harm reduction, substance use, training and where appropriate support the family parenting skills.
The anticipated duration of the contract is three years with an option to extend by a further 1 year.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
The Council is seeking a high-quality outreach support service that will ensure the provision of practical and emotional support to Service Users through offering help and guidance on matters such as safety planning, risks and management of risks, emotional support, health, education, harm reduction, substance use, training and where appropriate support with parenting skills.
The service will typically deliver support to Service Users who have been exposed to criminal activity, offending behaviours, exploitation, and involvement with the Children's Hearings System (although this is not an exhaustive list). It will also offer support to Parent/Carers through parental programmes including Raising Teens with Confidence and Handling Teenage Behaviours
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- 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
- Tender value
- £250,000
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-r6ebe6-0000808026
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Highland
- Town
- Inverness
- Postcode
- IV3 5NX
- Electoral ward
- Inverness West
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
- Delivery area
- Highlands and Islands
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- Highlands and Islands
- Area
- Highlands and Islands
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- The Highland Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Inverness, IV3 5NX · Scotland · Scotland
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- Summary of Requirementpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocumen…
- Summary of Requirementpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocumen…
- Intensive Support Services for Young People - The Highland Council is seeking a high-quality outreach support…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-r6ebe6-0000808026 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about Intensive Support Services for Young People
When will the Intensive Support Services for Young People tender open?
The Highland 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 Intensive Support Services for Young People contract worth?
The estimated value is £250,000.
Who is the buyer for Intensive Support Services for Young People?
The Highland Council, based in Highland, Scotland.
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