Coming up· published 9 Jun 2025
PIN - Children's Advocacy Services
Scottish Borders Council · Scottish Borders, Scotland
Scottish Borders Council is planning PIN - Children's Advocacy Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Scottish Borders.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 9 Jun 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
Scottish Borders Council is planning PIN - Children's Advocacy Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Scottish Borders. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £330,000.
Public Contracts Scotland published it on 9 June 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000801052. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The Scottish Borders Council is in the planning phase of a public procurement process for the provision of a Children and Young People's Independent Advocacy Service. The procurement, titled "PIN - Children's Advocacy Services", falls under the services category and is specifically aimed at regions identified by the code UKM91, corresponding to the Scottish Borders area. The budget for this tender is set at £330,000.
Interested parties must return a completed provider questionnaire by 25th July 2025, with the future notice date scheduled for 15th August 2025. Scottish Borders Council, located in Newtown St Boswells, is responsible for this tender, focusing on general public services, and prioritises the rights and voices of children and young people within their jurisdiction.
Successful bidders will play a pivotal role in supporting Scottish Borders’ initiative to respect children's rights under article 12 of the UNCRC, making it an ideal opportunity for organisations looking to establish or expand their footprint in the public services sector.
The engagement also involves collaborating on the council's Corporate Parenting and integrated children's services plan, making it suitable for entities eager to contribute to systemic socio-educational outcomes in the Scottish Borders region. Organisations equipped with multidisciplinary capabilities and expertise in engaging diverse age groups, from infants to young adults, would be well-positioned to compete for this contract.
About this tender
Provision of a Children and Young People's Independent Advocacy Service
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
The Council wishes to engage a Service Provider to fulfil an independent advocacy service for children and young people in the Scottish Borders. The service will help ensure that the voices of children and young people are at the heart of decision making and their rights under article 12 of the UNCRC are respected.
The service will help ensure that children and young people feel respected, included, listened to, and understood.
The advocacy service will be available for children and young people from the age of five to eighteen: -whose right to independent advocacy is covered by statute, -who are in receipt of social, education and/or healthcare services provided by the partnership, -and any vulnerable child or young person whether or not they are in receipt of health, education or social care services.
Support may also be required in some instances for infants and children from birth (0 years) to five (5) years, and individual(s) up to the age of twenty-six (26) years of age who are eligible for continuing care. We also require that the Service Provider will be a key stakeholder in driving Scottish Borders' Corporate Parenting and integrated children's services plan agenda.
This may include, for example, helping to facilitate work with partners to deliver the Corporate Parenting and integrated services children's Plan.
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
- 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
- £330,000
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-r6ebe6-0000801052
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Scottish Borders
- Town
- Galashiels
- Postcode
- TD6 0SA
- Electoral ward
- Selkirkshire
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
- Delivery area
- Scottish Borders
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- Scottish Borders
- Area
- Southern Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Scottish Borders Council
- Category
- Services
- Phone
- +44 1835824000
- Address
- Newtown St Boswells, TD6 0SA · Scotland · Scotland
Not stated in the notice: contact.
Documents and links
- Provider Questionnairepubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocumen…
- PIN - Children's Advocacy Services - Provision of a Children and Young People's Independent Advocacy Servicepubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Public Contracts Scotland portal, to register and bidpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx
- Api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.ukapi.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice
- OCDS record ocds-r6ebe6-0000801052 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about PIN - Children's Advocacy Services
When will the PIN - Children's Advocacy Services tender open?
Scottish Borders 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 PIN - Children's Advocacy Services contract worth?
The estimated value is £330,000.
Who is the buyer for PIN - Children's Advocacy Services?
Scottish Borders Council, based in Scottish Borders, Scotland.
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