Awarded· 1 Apr 2024
Positive Steps
Dundee City Council · Dundee City, Scotland
Dundee City Council has awarded Positive Steps. It is a contract for other health and social care in Dundee City.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 5 Aug 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Positive Steps
2025
Award notice published
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice · 00:00
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About this tender
In brief
Dundee City Council has awarded Positive Steps. It is a contract for other health and social care in Dundee City. The contract went to Positive Steps. It was awarded on 1 April 2024. The contract value is £738,615.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Public Contracts Scotland published it on 5 August 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000806468.
Summary of the contracting process
Dundee City Council has completed a procurement process for a flexible housing support service for adults in Dundee, titled "Positive Steps". The procurement falls under the industry category of Social Care and was executed without prior publication of competition, justified by its specialist nature and rolling contract.
This process was carried out in the services category and has now reached the award stage, with contractual activities becoming effective from 1st April 2024. The value of the active contract is £738,615, and the procurement method used was limited. Dundee, identified by the region code UKM71, serves as the location for service delivery.
Although Positive Steps has been awarded the contract, similar contracts may surface, providing growth potential for organisations with expertise in offering tailored social care solutions.
About this tender
a flexible housing support service for adults in Dundee
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Complete
a flexible housing support service for adults in Dundee
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Positive Steps
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Buyer's portal
- Public Contracts Scotland
Values
- Contracts value
- £738,615
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Contracts
- Active
Not stated in the notice: awards.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000806468
- CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Dundee City
- Town
- Dundee
- Postcode
- DD1 1QE
- Electoral ward
- Maryfield
- Constituency
- Dundee Central
- Delivery area
- Angus and Dundee City
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- Angus and Dundee City
- Area
- Eastern Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Dundee City Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Jennifer McDonald
- Phone
- +44 1382433989
- Address
- Dundee, DD1 1QE · Scotland · Scotland
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Positive Steps
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Positive Steps - a flexible housing support service for adults in Dundeepubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Public Contracts Scotland portal, to register and bidapi.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice
- OCDS record ocds-r6ebe6-0000806468 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about Positive Steps
Who won the Positive Steps contract?
Dundee City Council awarded the contract to Positive Steps on 1 April 2024.
How much is the Positive Steps contract worth?
The contract value is £738,615.
Who is the buyer for Positive Steps?
Dundee City Council, based in Dundee City, Scotland. The named contact is Jennifer McDonald, on +44 1382433989.
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