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Childrens Home Provision Dumfries and Galloway

Details

Topic
Social work services
Published
16 March 2026

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

  1. 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. 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.

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.

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