Coming up· published 17 Sept 2025
Respite Bed Provision
East Lothian Council · East Lothian, Scotland
East Lothian Council is planning Respite Bed Provision. It is a contract for other health and social care in East Lothian.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 17 Sep 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
East Lothian Council is planning Respite Bed Provision. It is a contract for other health and social care in East Lothian. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Public Contracts Scotland published it on 17 September 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000810505. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Summary of the contracting process
East Lothian Council is in the planning stage for a tender titled "Respite Bed Provision", focused on the provision of planned respite care for older people. The procurement falls under the services category with a particular emphasis on health and social care, specifically block purchasing a single respite bed within a nursing home. This opportunity is to be delivered in East Lothian, which is located in region UKM73.
Interested parties should note the important future notice date set for 31st October 2025, by which further details will be communicated regarding the tender process. The requirement for a block purchase of respite care services implies a steady and predictable engagement, beneficial for long-term planning and resource allocation.
About this tender
Provision of Planned Respite Care for Older People
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
East Lothian Council (the Council), on behalf of East Lothian Health & Social Care Partnership, seek to commission a single respite bed within a nursing home on a block purchase basis.
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
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000810505
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- East Lothian
- Town
- Edinburgh
- Postcode
- EH41 3HA
- Electoral ward
- Haddington and Lammermuir
- Constituency
- Lothian East
- Delivery area
- East Lothian and Midlothian
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- East Lothian and Midlothian
- Area
- East Central Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- East Lothian Council
- Category
- Services
- Phone
- +44 1620827827
- Address
- Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 3HA · Scotland · Scotland
Not stated in the notice: contact.
Documents and links
- Prior Information Noticepubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocumen…
- Respite Bed Provision - Provision of Planned Respite Care for Older Peoplepubliccontractsscotland.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-r6ebe6-0000810505 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about Respite Bed Provision
When will the Respite Bed Provision tender open?
East Lothian 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.
Who is the buyer for Respite Bed Provision?
East Lothian Council, based in East Lothian, Scotland.
How do I bid for Respite Bed Provision?
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- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
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- Watch for the tender notice.
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