Awarded· 10 Sept 2025
Provision of an Individual Residential Care Placement
South Ayrshire Council · South Ayrshire, Scotland
South Ayrshire Council has awarded Provision of an Individual Residential Care Placement. It is a contract for residential care and care home in South Ayrshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 25 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Thrive Care Scotland
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 08:59
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About this tender
In brief
South Ayrshire Council has awarded Provision of an Individual Residential Care Placement. It is a contract for residential care and care home in South Ayrshire. The contract went to Thrive Care Scotland. It was awarded on 10 September 2025. The contract value is £401,700.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 25 September 2025. The notice number is 059516-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05a1ab.
Summary of the contracting process
South Ayrshire Council has completed the procurement process for the "Provision of an Individual Residential Care Placement" for a young person in Ayr, under the industry category of Health and Social Work Services (CPV: 85000000). The process utilised a limited procurement method, where the award process proceeded without prior publication of a call for competition.
The procurement is under a contract valued at £401,700 GBP, signed on 11th September 2025, which is currently in the award stage with the contract active as of 25th September 2025. This procurement creates opportunities for businesses specialising in social work services with accommodation (CPV: 85311000), particularly those capable of providing residential care for young persons.
Thrive Care Scotland Limited, a local SME based in Ayr, was awarded the contract, demonstrating opportunities for small to medium enterprises within this sector to secure valuable contracts through limited tender processes.
About this tender
This award relates to the Provision of an Individual Residential Care Placement for a Young Person
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1
This procurement relates to Provision of an Individual Residential Care Placement for a young person.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Residential Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Thrive Care Scotland
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- 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
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Buyer's portal
- Public Contracts Scotland
Values
- Contracts value
- £401,700
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
Not stated in the notice: lots.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 059516-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a1ab
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services; 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- South Ayrshire
- Town
- Kilmarnock
- Postcode
- KA7 1DR
- Electoral ward
- Ayr West
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
- Delivery area
- South Ayrshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- South Ayrshire
- Area
- Southern Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- South Ayrshire Council
- Category
- Services
- Phone
- +44 3001230900
- Address
- Ayr, KA7 1DR · Scotland · Scotland
Not stated in the notice: contact.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Thrive Care Scotland
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- South-ayrshire.gov.uksouth-ayrshire.gov.uk/procurement/
- Public Contracts Scotland portal, to register and bidapi.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice
- Publiccontractsscotland.gov.ukpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx
- Latest noticefind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059516-2025
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05a1ab (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Provision of an Individual Residential Care Placement
Who won the Provision of an Individual Residential Care Placement contract?
South Ayrshire Council awarded the contract to Thrive Care Scotland on 10 September 2025.
How much is the Provision of an Individual Residential Care Placement contract worth?
The contract value is £401,700.
Who is the buyer for Provision of an Individual Residential Care Placement?
South Ayrshire Council, based in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
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