Awarded contract

North Ayrshire Council, Annual Cumulative Award Notice, Scotland Excel - Social Care Framework Spend 2025-2026

Details

Buyer: North Ayrshire Council
Supplier(s): 30 suppliers
Abbeycare (UK) Limited
Action for Children Services Ltd
ACTIVE ADULT LIMITED
Ardfern School
Aspris (Troup House) Limited
BARNARDO'S
Cair (UK) Ltd.
Care Visions
Common Thread Ltd
Compass Child & Family Services
Florence Staffing Ltd
Fostering Relations Limited
Fosterplus Scotland
Good Shepherd Centre, Bishopton (GSC)
Harmeny Education Trust Ltd
Inspire Scotland Ltd
Kibble Education and Care Centre
Moore House School Ltd
Orchard Cottage Care Ltd
Partners in Care Ltd T/A Pebbles Care
Phoenix Abbey
RAM 225 Limited
Rossie Young People’s Trust`
Scottish Autism
Scottish Nursing Guild
Spark of Genius
St Mary's Kenmure
St Philip's School Plains
The Jericho Benedictine Society
TUNSTALL HEALTHCARE (UK) LIMITED
Value: £10,201,516
Topic: General public services
Published: 7 September 2026
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

North Ayrshire Council are publishing this annual cumulative Award Notice to reflect the spend against Scotland Excel Social Care Frameworks for the period commencing 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, as listed below. This Contract Notice does not include any individual call-offs (mini-competitions or direct awards) above 50,000 GBP for supplies and services or 2,000,000 GBP for works for which an Award Notice would have been published at the time of award. 2122 Care Homes For Adults, Active Adult Limited T/A Moorpark 1121 Childrens Residential, Adfern Limited, Aspris Scotland Limited, Care Visions Group Limited, Common Thread Limited, Compass Child and Family Services, Harmeny Education Trust Ltd, Inspire Scotland Ltd, Kibble Education & Care Centre, Moore House School Limited, Orchard Cottage Care Ltd, Partners in Care Limited T/A Pebbles, Pheonix Abbey Ltd, Scottish Autism, Spark Of Genius (Training) Ltd, St Phillips School Plains 1020 Fostering, Action For Children, Barnardo's, Fostering Relations Limited, Fosterplus (Fostercare) Ltd 0123 Residential Rehabilitation Alcohol and Drugs Services, Abbeycare (UK) Limited, Pheonix House, Ram 225 Limited, The Jericho Benedictine Society 0219 Secure Care, Kibble Education & Care Centre, Rossie Young People trust (Rossie Secure Accomodation Services), St Mary's Kenmure, The Good Shepherd Centre Bishopton 1721 Social Care Agency Workers, Florence Staffing Ltd, Independent Clinical Services Limited T/A Scottish Nursing Guild 0622 Technology Enabled Care Goods, Cair (UK) Ltd, Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Limited (T/A Turnstall Electronics) Lot 1: 2122 152,383.00 GBP 1121 7,685,686.00 GBP 1020 314,033.00 GBP 0123 166,746.00 GBP 0219 1,190,464.00 GBP 1721 565,977.00 GBP 0622 126,277.00 GBP

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 April 2023
Completed: Award published7 September 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

North Ayrshire Council delivers local services from Irvine, and buys as a local authority through its own Corporate Procurement Unit. Suppliers engage through Public Contracts Scotland and its Tender portal to submit bids. Much of its buying runs through Scotland Excel and Scottish Government frameworks, and Crown Commercial Service agreements. Neighbouring local authorities are frequent partners on shared, collaborative contracts across the region. Specialist officers manage spend across construction, social care, facilities management, ICT and utilities. A dedicated Community Benefits Officer monitors the employment outcomes contracts deliver locally, reviewed every six months.

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 North Ayrshire Council's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, IT services and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

75110000 · General public services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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