Awarded contract

Community Link Worker Service

Details

Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council
Supplier(s): 8 suppliers
Caring in Craigmillar
Carr Gomm
Community Renewal Trust
Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust
HEALTH ALL ROUND
Pilton Community Health Project
The Broomhouse Centre
The Cyrenians Ltd
Value: £1,791,750
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 17 December 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Community Link Worker Service offers non-clinical support to a variety of patient cohorts, following referrals made by GP Practice Teams. Edinburgh’s Community Link Worker Service is currently delivered by a network of eight third sector organisations. Lot 1: In order to await the outcome of the Scottish Government review of Community Link Worker Services nationally and various other strategic drivers; Subject to the Council's internal governance approvals process, the Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership (EHSCP) intend to direct award contracts for a period of one year from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 to the incumbent Third Sector Organisations (with an option to extend for a further 6 months). This approach will allow the outcomes of the above to influence direction; and thereafter, for any procurement process to be completed.

Timeline

Completed: Award published17 December 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date17 March 2026

About the buyer

The City of Edinburgh Council is the local authority for Scotland's capital city, buying through its own commercial and procurement service. Every regulated tender is advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the Scottish public sector's tender portal. Suppliers register free on the portal and can set alerts for opportunities in their sector. Before running a competitive tender, the Council checks its existing frameworks for value, including through Scotland Excel and Scottish Procurement. Scotland Excel acts as the centre of procurement expertise for local government across the country. A downloadable contract register lists every procurement carried out through a regulated process.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of The City of Edinburgh Council's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, IT services and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services
85323000 · Community health services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov