Stale Pre-tender

Childrens Home Provision Dumfries and Galloway

Details

Buyer: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Topic: Social work services
Published: 16 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Dumfries and Galloway Council are seeking market engagement with the Children's Social Work sector to obtain market research on models of care for a 4 bedroom Children's Home. Dumfries and Galloway are currently scoping creation of 1-2 children's homes in Dumfries and Galloway and are seeking organisations who operate children's home to feed into market research. Lot 1: Dumfries and Galloway Council are seeking providers to inform the market research to determine the operating and financial model of two 4 bedroom Children's Homes in Dumfries and Galloway. We are looking to gain information on; Operational requirements within a home; what providers can offer. The staffing compliment for a 4 bed home. Overall high level commercial insight into providing a fully managed service within a Children's Home where the Home is owned and/or leased by the Council.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published16 March 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

Dumfries and Galloway Council is the local authority for the Dumfries and Galloway region in south-west Scotland. Tenders are advertised through Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal used by public bodies across Scotland. Larger contracts often route through Scotland Excel framework agreements, the collaborative procurement body owned by Scottish councils. A dedicated procurement team operates from Carruthers House in Dumfries, the council's headquarters. Low-value, low-risk work goes out as direct quotes rather than full tenders, a route aimed at small, local suppliers. Annual procurement performance is reported under the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

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 Dumfries and Galloway Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

85310000 · Social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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