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DCAF - Truth Project (Pilot)

HealthcareCPV 85121270

Value£250k

Deadline9 Oct 2026

Published9 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 9 Sept 202629 days leftCloses 9 Oct 2026

Who to contact

campbell.forsyth2@gov.scot

+44 412425466

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£250ktotal contract value

median £380k

this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Scottish Government publishes Health & Social Care work continuously — 20 notices, roughly one every 76 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

25% of Scottish Government’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →

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The brief

A Truth Project is fundamentally a listening exercise.

It collects the accounts of victims and survivors privately, in a trauma-informed way, allowing them to share what happened to them and its impact,

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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