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
- Who Cares? Scotland SME
- Value
- £1,290,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Social work and related services (CPV 85300000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 071171-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Jul 2026
- Published28 Jul 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Appointment of a sole Provider to deliver the specified service. An open procurement process was followed where by the Single Procurement Document (SPD) was utilised to identify suitable Tenderers through mandatory pass/fail questions and 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 was undertaken to select the tender which represented the best overall value for money. Additional information: The potential contract duration is up to 6 years, broken down as follows: - Core Contract Period: three years - Optional Extension(1): two years - Optional Extension(2): one year Extension options will be undertaken at the sole discretion of the Council.
About the supplier
Who Cares? Scotland: every public contract they have won.