Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- West Dunbartonshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Alzheimer Scotland SME
- Value
- £481,056
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Social work services (CPV 85310000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 036657-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published22 Apr 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
The primary outcome of this service is to deliver a residential short breaks service for adults with learning disabilities, complex needs and associated conditions, their carers and families and to strive to achieve the outcomes set out in the individuals care and support plan. This service is for adults with a diagnosed learning disability with a varying complexity of support needs, which may include health needs. The Service Specification for this Service sets out the requirements relating to adults with diagnosed learning disability aged 18 years until age 65 who may also have physical or neurological conditions; acquired brain injury; enduring mental ill health or life limiting conditions.
About the supplier
Alzheimer Scotland: every public contract they have won.