Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- The City of Edinburgh Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Circle SME
- Value
- £2,109,488
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Social work services (CPV 85310000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 068576-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jun 2026
- Published21 Jul 2026Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
The Council is seeking to appoint a single Provider (or a consortium of Providers with an established Lead Organisation) to deliver the specified service. An open procurement process will be followed where by the Single Procurement Document (SPD) will be utilised to identify suitable Tenderers in terms of compliance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and/or the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016/PR(S)A14 and the minimum standards and any other requirements set out in the Tender documents & Contract Notice. Thereafter an Award Criteria and Pricing evaluation will be undertaken to select the tender which represent the best overall value for money. Additional information: The potential contract duration is up to 8 years, broken down as follows: - Core Contract Period: four years - Optional Extension(1): two years - Optional Extension(2): two years Extension options will be undertaken at the sole discretion of the Council.
About the supplier
Circle: every public contract they have won.