UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Opportunities have arisen for providers to access a number of Aberdeenshire council buildings. These buildings would be available to deliver a flexible model of service, for example skills development, training opportunities, or a day service model.

Aberdeenshire Council requires the provision of two distinct Outreach Housing Support Services to support Young Persons and Adults. -The Young Persons Service for people aged 16-20, and care leavers up to and including age 26 where a housing support need has been identified by housing options or social work services who retain the statutory duty to support care leavers up to and including age 26. -The Adults Outreach Housing Support Service for people aged 21 and over. The services are required to be person led and outcomes focused, delivering on the themes set out in the Aberdeenshire Council Local Housing Strategy (LHS), which sets out the strategic vision and priorities for the future delivery of housing and housing related services Aberdeenshire, and the Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP). The LOIP is a living document and will be updated as the needs of Aberdeenshire change. This service will be reviewed to reflect these changes on an annual basis. The services will also need to further develop in relation to The Housing (Scotland) Bill 2025. This introduces several significant changes that directly impact the support duty of Local authorities, particularly in relation to homelessness prevention and tenant protections. The Council will have additional duties around earlier intervention and intentionality changes. There will also be a new requirement for relevant bodies (e.g. Health Services, Social Work, Housing associations) to share information and coordinate with Local Authorities to prevent homelessness. The services will be expected to collaborate with Aberdeenshire Council statutory partners and others operating within the homelessness sector in Aberdeenshire to deliver our strategic objective to prevent and reduce homelessness. This Services will be required to be registered with Care Inspectorate as a Housing Support Service. Please note that this is not a call for competition. Full details of the requirement will be published as part of the tender documents on PCS-T, subject to Committee approval, in February/March 2026. Any questions should be emailed to Marie Moore at marie.moore@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Aberdeenshire Council are looking for information on the proposed addition of a cafe/restaurant catering concession at Macduff Marine Aquarium. Aberdeenshire Council has secured external funding to extend the aquarium, add in new interpretation, a new retail offer, and a new first floor cafe / restaurant. It is intended to begin operation around March 2027. Further information is included in the attached questionnaire. Aberdeenshire Council welcomes suggestions, proposals, and innovations from suppliers, by completing the attached questionnaire and returning it to patricia.weeks@aberdeenshire.gov.uk by 5pm on Wednesday 4th June 2025.

Aberdeenshire Council requires the provision of a Disabled Persons Housing service which will provide help and support to disabled people with housing needs throughout Aberdeenshire. The service provided will reflect the diversity of the requirements of disabled people and requires to be a comprehensive service providing good quality information, advice, assistance and signposting including advocacy where required. The service will be available to clients in all tenures of housing and therefore the service provider will require to have extensive knowledge in social housing applications and systems and additionally requires knowledge of the private sector.

Aberdeenshire Council is looking for a provider who can provide intensive support for vulnerable families who may be facing a number of challenges. The provider will deliver services in the family home to promote the health and well-being children between 0-5 years old and their families / carers. They will assist to build supportive and trusting relationships, as well as providing practical advice and support. The provider must be able to deliver these services locally and across the entirety of Aberdeenshire. The budget and service specification are subject to change. The contract length is expected to be 5 years. The start date remains flexible.

The Digital Support for Aberdeenshire project aims to upskill and provide practical digital support to help and support businesses and organisations on their digital journey. It is anticipated that the model of support will largely follow previous opportunities by which the business requests for support or support is identified by the likes of a business advisor or support of that business. The request form would be completed by the business, and they would select what support they think they would need and demonstrate why they need that support; this request would then be reviewed by the Council. It is imagined that the business would receive 1,2 or 3 days of support from a consultant to solve their problem and help them on the journey. Each intervention will need to provide a report / summary of intervention that supports the work done and any comments from the consultant that help and support the client. Following on from previous years the support can followed the following themes outlined below, we will be broadly looking at similar, but this will depend upon what the market seeks and the expert’s knowledge. Website Support Data Analytics Customisation of software or app development Social Media Development or Implementation Mobile or internet technologies Cloud Computing Digital Strategy Cyber Resilience The Council are currently reviewing options in the hope of securing funding to deliver this much needed support and seeking responses from the market to further inform.

Aberdeenshire Council is the owner of 9 office buildings in various locations throughout Aberdeenshire and these have been leased on a single lease to Enterprise North East Trust Ltd (trading as Elevator) for a period of 15 years from October 2008 until October 2023 and operated as Business Centres. Aberdeenshire council is seeking proposals from companies to take over the management and leasing of these nine properties from October 2023 and all associated activities including marketing etc. The contract will run for a period of 3 years with a possible 1-year extension. The 9 centres are spread throughout Aberdeenshire and currently produce a total income of approximately 265,000GBP per annum. The total floor area is approximately 4,088 sq m (44,000 sq ft) and there are currently 178 units/offices. Occupancy rates range between approximately 50% and 100%.

Framework/Contracts for delivery of refurbishment to social housing

Aberdeenshire Council intends to recommission the current provision of care at home services in advance of the current contract coming to the end of its term in March 2024. The care at home services will provide an extensive range of care, support and respite for parents/carers of children/young people with additional support needs and/or disabilities. The children/young people are supported through the provision of stimulating activities which promote independence, life skills, social skills, and inclusion within the local and wider community. The children may also receive support to meet their personal and heath care needs.

The introduction of the Carers Act established rights for all carers to support, information and advice; and to be listened to in decisions about the care and support of the person they are caring for. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to engage with providers with the relevant capacity, expertise and experience to develop and deliver a support service that responds to this service requirement. The Carers Support Service will offer an information and advice service for adult and young unpaid carers which provides information and advice on advocacy, carers’ rights, income maximisation and emergency or future planning. It will support carers to complete the Adult Carers Support Plan and Young Carers Statements The key aims an Aberdeenshire Carers Support Service are: · To support the identification of Carers through contact with Health and Social Care Teams, other third sector organisations and through the development of innovative ways to engage with hidden Carers · To provide Carers with advice and information and enable them to access resources within their communities · To support Carers to maintain their own health and wellbeing · To provide learning and development opportunities to enable Carers to continue in their Caring role The specification for the service will respond to the National Carers’ Strategy (December 2022) and its recognition · that the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 aims to ensure that carers have choice and control, and can access preventative support to keep caring situations manageable. · of the impact of demographic pressures and of the COVID-19 pandemic on carers · of the value of carers to the health and social care system. This PIN is not a call for competition but aims to test the market and support the development of appropriate future commissioning arrangements. It is anticipated that a tender opportunity in relation to this service requirement will be advertised on PCS-T in September 2023

Aberdeenshire Council are seeking information regarding designing a new framework agreement for the transportation of teachers and school pupils for school trips across the Aberdeenshire Council area. A questionnaire is attached to this notice where we are asking a set of questions to help develop our tender documents. Suppliers are asked to complete this questionnaire and send it back to cpsscontracts@aberdeencity.gov.uk by 24th February.

Aberdeenshire Council intends to recommission the current provision of Wrap Around Care services (subject to the necessary approvals) in advance of the current contract coming to the end of its term in April 2024. The services comprise out of school term after school club sessions, holiday play schemes and weekend clubs for children and young people with additional support needs. The focus of these clubs is to provide an extensive range of care and support that helps families meet the needs of their children, including maximising the social opportunities and social inclusion, providing a focus on life-skills and social-skills, and providing opportunities for short breaks/respite. The age range is 5-18 years.

Aberdeenshire Council are looking to potentially procure a service which will enhance the clinical and care management aspects of the alcohol and drug service provided by the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP). The provision of this service would allow people access to the most appropriate service at the most appropriate time. It would support the delivery of new expectations and targets received from Scottish Government. There are two areas required to be provided through this potential procurement: 1. Support at Access Points to keywork clients who do not require the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnerships Alcohol and Drug service and are not at high risk of harm. 2. Support delivery of the Stepped Care model for those people assessed as suitable for non medical prescribing and that no longer require an input from the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnerships Alcohol and Drug service The service will be available in North, Central and South Aberdeenshire. The total contract value (initial contract period) will be GBP 1,500,000.00. The total contract value (including optional extensions) will be GBP 2,500,000.00. The annual contract value will be GBP 500,000.00.

Aberdeenshire Council are looking to procure Dementia Services across Aberdeenshire. The Services are as follows: Community information Support and advice Self-help/ Early intervention and support around dementia Therapeutic support groups – face to face Awareness raising The services will be available in North, Central and South Aberdeenshire. The GBP 400,016.00 will be the total contract value. The annual contract value will be GBP 100,004.00

Aberdeenshire Council are looking to encourage the delivery of a cycling sportive event in June 2023 to build upon on the successful visits of the Tour of Britain cycle race, which will have passed through a significant part of Aberdeenshire in 2021 and 2022, with a landmark mountain top stage finish at the Glenshee Ski Centre in September 2022.

The Council are looking for information from the market in relation to the provision of Employee Assistance Services - both a traditional Employee Assistance programme with Counselling Services (Lot 1) and a potential technical solution to gather information on staff wellbeing (Lot 2)