Coming up· published 21 May 2025
Justice Outreach (Inverness and Ross-shire)
The Highland Council · Highland, Scotland
The Highland Council is planning Justice Outreach (Inverness and Ross-shire). It is a contract for other health and social care in Highland.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 21 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
The Highland Council is planning Justice Outreach (Inverness and Ross-shire). 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 £49,500.
Public Contracts Scotland published it on 21 May 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000799274. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The Highland Council is in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Justice Outreach (Inverness and Ross-shire)," which falls under the general public services industry category. The location for service delivery is Inverness and Ross-shire and surrounding areas, with key delivery dates projected from July/August 2025 to 31st March 2026.
Businesses interested in offering these services are required to express their interest and submit details no later than 12 noon on Friday, 6th June 2025. While it is currently in the 'planned' stage, it is expected to move to tender around June/July 2025, making use of Public Contracts Scotland as the procurement method.
Those interested should prepare to submit their strategic approach to service delivery by 5th June 2025 to participate in this promising prospect for business growth.
About this tender
The service will provide tailored outreach support to assist offenders in resettling into their local community and to transition beyond community justice services. This will involve the development of social and domestic life skills for independent living and the building of positive relationships to maintain long term resilience for a crime-fee life.
The Service will also provide support on housing and benefit matters and will promote education, training and employment opportunities to encourage career development.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
The Highland Council are looking to notify the market of their intention to commission a justice outreach support service in Inverness, Ross-shire and surrounding areas from July/August 2025 until 31st March 2026.
To note an interest any potential interested parties should note their interest and detail in no more than 500 words (in font Arial 11) in a word processed document how they would intend to deliver the service that is detailed in the enclosed Summary of Requirement by 12 noon on Friday 6th June 2025. Any procurement exercise will be published on Public Contracts Scotland during June / July 2025..
Summary of Requirement and map of the service delivery area are enclosed.
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
- Tender value
- £49,500
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-r6ebe6-0000799274
- CPV code
- 75230000 - Justice services; 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services; 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
- Caithness and Sutherland, and Ross and Cromarty, TLM62 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
- The Highland Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Paul Adlinton
- Phone
- +44 1467530600
- Address
- Inverness, IV3 5NX · Scotland · Scotland
Documents and links
- Summary of Requirementpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocumen…
- Map of service delivery areapubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocumen…
- Justice Outreach (Inverness and Ross-shire) - The service will provide tailored outreach support to assist…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-r6ebe6-0000799274 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about Justice Outreach (Inverness and Ross-shire)
When will the Justice Outreach (Inverness and Ross-shire) 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 Justice Outreach (Inverness and Ross-shire) contract worth?
The estimated value is £49,500.
Who is the buyer for Justice Outreach (Inverness and Ross-shire)?
The Highland Council, based in Highland, Scotland. The named contact is Paul Adlinton, on +44 1467530600.
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