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01963 - Youth Work Services

Scottish Prison Service

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Scottish Prison Service

Buyer Address: One Lochside, 1 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH12 9DJ, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Chris Johnston

Contact Email: chris.johnston@prisons.gov.scot

Contact Telephone: +44 1313303779

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
1188868.32 GBP
Published
05 Feb 2026, 08:56
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
85312320 - Counselling services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Kinetic Youth
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The Scottish Priosn Service (SPS) requires a Supplier to deliver Youth Work Services to HMYOI Polmont. The Supplier shall utilise specific and proven approaches to deliver youth work services, which take account of the specific needs of young people in custody and focus on the individual young person in assessing those needs. The Supplier shall be required to provide interventions and activities that will aid the personal development and life skills of the young person and to help young people believe they can have significant control of their lives both within, and more particularly outwith, a prison environment. Finally, the Contract will provide knowledge and professional skills transfer to specific SPS staff who will be undertaking formal youth work qualifications. There will as part of the contract be ad-hoc provision of this service in other SPS establishments through its estate.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot Description: The SPS has commenced this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a contract. Following publication of the Contract Notice, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) including the Single Procurement Document (SPD) will be published by SPS and will be made available to bidders. Tender responses will then be evaluated by the SPS in accordance with the ITT.

Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): quality

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