Awarded contract

Secure Care Services (The Good Shephard)

Details

Value
£36,625,000
Topic
Accommodation management services
Published
7 July 2026

Tender description

The Scottish Government has a requirement to place contracts with external service providers for the provision of Secure Accommodation for Placing Children Lot 1: The Scottish Government has a requirement to place contracts with external service providers for the provision of Secure Accommodation for Placing Children. Provision includes: -Accommodate children sentenced to detention by the Court on indictment in secure accommodation -Accommodate children remanded by the Court, where it is considered that they must be detained in secure accommodation -Fund vacant beds until they can be filled.. In the event that the contract exceeds the budget, the Scottish Government will have the discretion to increase the budget.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date29 May 2026
  2. Completed: Award published7 July 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 98341100 · Accommodation management services

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