Coming up· published 29 Aug 2025
RFI - Independent Advocacy Service
Argyll and Bute Council · Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Argyll and Bute Council is planning RFI - Independent Advocacy Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Argyll and Bute.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 29 Aug 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
Argyll and Bute Council is planning RFI - Independent Advocacy Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Argyll and Bute. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Public Contracts Scotland published it on 29 August 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000808699. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Argyll and Bute Council is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process for an Independent Advocacy Service for Adults, under the tag "planned". The procurement, classified under the services category, is set to take place in the Argyll and Bute regions, with relevant regions noted as UKM63 and UKM81. Interested parties should note the upcoming future notice date on 13th October 2025.
The procurement falls within the 'general public services' industry category. This process, identified as a Prior Information Notice, is titled "RFI - Independent Advocacy Service" and includes a Request for Information (RFI) document that was published on 29th August 2025. Responses to the RFI are invited to inform future procurement, with a response deadline set for 12th September 2025.
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About this tender
Request for Information - Independent Advocacy Service for Adults
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
Please see RFI attached.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- 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
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-r6ebe6-0000808699
- CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Town
- Paisley
- Postcode
- PA31 8RT
- Electoral ward
- Mid Argyll
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
- Delivery area
- Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute, TLM81 East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- Highlands and Islands
- Area
- Highlands and Islands
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Argyll and Bute Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Samantha Torrie
- Phone
- +44 1546604145
- Address
- Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT · Scotland · Scotland
Documents and links
- RFI - Independent Advocacypubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocumen…
- RFI - Independent Advocacy Service - Request for Information - Independent Advocacy Service for Adultspubliccontractsscotland.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-r6ebe6-0000808699 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about RFI - Independent Advocacy Service
When will the RFI - Independent Advocacy Service tender open?
Argyll and Bute 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 RFI - Independent Advocacy Service?
Argyll and Bute Council, based in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The named contact is Samantha Torrie, on +44 1546604145.
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