Contract award · 20 Aug 2026

School Counselling Service - Primary Schools

West Lothian Council awarded “School Counselling Service - Primary Schools” to Place2Be for £560k on 20 Aug 2026.

Education & trainingScotland

Value £560k
WinnerPlace2Be SME

Open competition

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

Key facts

Buyer
West Lothian Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Place2Be SME
Value
£560,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Education & training · Primary education services (CPV 80100000)
Region
Scotland
Timeline
  1. Contract date20 Aug 2026
  2. Published2 Sep 2026Published 13 days after the contract date

Description

West Lothian Council is seeking to appoint a fully qualified and experienced external service provider to achieve the vision of an integrated and flexible service which would meet the need for building resilient children and young people (aged 10 years and up) in the upper primary age range (P6&7) across all 69 primary school settings in the authority. It is envisaged that access to the service should be easy for schools and should feel seamless for children and young people and their families as part of the ongoing assessment and intervention planning process. A focus on building resilience, especially in relation to the transition to secondary school will be a key element of the work. It is expected that the provider will work closely with colleagues in secondary schools to support transition specifically where this would be in the best interests of the child. The provider would also be in a position to offer some specific transition intervention for particularly vulnerable P7 pupil…

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