Contract award · 25 Jun 2025

DCAF-National Kinship Care Advice Service

Scottish Government awarded “DCAF-National Kinship Care Advice Service” to Children 1st for £697k on 25 Jun 2025.

Health & social careScotland

Value £697k
WinnerChildren 1st

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Scottish Government · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Supplier
Children 1st
Value
£697,479.35
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Health & social care · Social work and related services (CPV 85300000)
Region
Scotland
Timeline
  1. Contract date25 Jun 2025
  2. Published3 Jul 2025Published 8 days after the contract date

Description

The procurement will follow an Open Procedure. If there are named subcontractors/technicians upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria, these named parties must complete and reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD questions 2C.1.1 (Technicians) and 2D.1.2 (Subcontractors) on PCS-T. Scottish Government reserves the right to request this information from relevant parties upon whom the main bidder will not rely to fulfil selection criteria. 4C.4 Bidders must confirm that they will include the standard clause in all contracts used in the delivery of the requirements, ensuring payment of subcontractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and include a point of contact for subcontractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties. This will require active monitoring of payment performance and provision of evidence and reporting to the Scottish Government on a regular basis. Bidders who fail to answer “Yes” to this question will not have…

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