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South Lanarkshire Council

Adult Carers and Young Carers Support Services

HealthcareCPV 85310000
Value£5.7m
Deadline11 Sept 2026
Published30 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 30 Jul 202642 days leftCloses 11 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Gayle Chilton
gayle.chilton1@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
+44 1698454353

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
£5.7mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Provision of Adult Carers and Young Carers Support Services.

The Council are looking to procure Services that will continue to support and work with Adult Carers and Young Carers residing in South Lanarkshire to offer holistic, personalised support through an outcomes approach by offering a range of direct and indirect support.

The Service will deliver a full spectrum of preventative approaches and supports to enable Adult Carers and Young Carers to achieve their outcomes and ensure their rights are met.

This is an Open Tender including 2 Lots, with one supplier being awarded per Lot.

There is a maximum budget for Lot 2 (for both Lots), further details can be found within the Service Specification (Appendix 4) and Pricing Schedule (Appendix 5).

For clarity, the definition of Adult Carers and Young Carers is as per the Carers Act Scotland 2016. “adult carer” means a carer who is at least 18 years old but is not a young carer. “young carer” means a carer who; (a) under 18 years old, or (b) has attained the age of 18 years while a pupil at school, and has since attaining that age remained a pupil at that or another school.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Provision of Adult Carers and Young Carers

Provision of Adult Carers and Young Carers Support Services.

02

The Council are looking to procure Services

The Council are looking to procure Services that will continue to support and work with Adult Carers and Young Carers residing in South Lanarkshire to offer holistic, personalised support through an outcomes approach by offering a range of direct and indirect support.

03

The Service will deliver a full spectrum

The Service will deliver a full spectrum of preventative approaches and supports to enable Adult Carers and Young Carers to achieve their outcomes and ensure their rights are met.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m 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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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d816
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
072385-2026
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