Closed tender

Student Assistance and Support Services

Details

Value
£800,000
Topic
Guidance and counselling services
Published
29 April 2026
Submission
10 June 2026

Tender description

The Authority was seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of student assistance and support services to the Scottish HE/FE sector (https://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/?#!/members). These services include: counselling sevices, student support helpline and online mental health and wellbeing support. Lot 1: Full Student Support Service This lot will combine: - Counselling on a one-on-one basis given via SVC, telephone and in a face-to-face setting; - Student support helpline (out of hours, 24/7 or as required) via telephone and/or online methods); - Online mental health and wellbeing support: online peer to peer web portal, offering creative tools, courses and web-based therapy and online knowledge hub for students including, but not limited to, advice on wellbeing and self-help practises. Lot 2: Student Wellbeing Tool Provision of online mental health and wellbeing support: online peer to peer web portal, offering creative tools, courses and web-based therapy and online knowledge hub for students including, but not limited to, advice on wellbeing and self-help practises.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published29 April 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date10 June 2026

About the buyer

APUC Ltd is Scotland's Procurement Centre of Expertise for Universities and Colleges. APUC buys on behalf of its members, which are universities and colleges in Scotland. APUC works with the sectors to set up framework contracts for higher and further education. Members also have access to Scottish public sector frameworks set up by Scottish Procurement. Government Commercial Agency frameworks are open to members too. The APUC site has a regulations page for suppliers.

Over the past 5 years, most of APUC Ltd's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and printed matter.

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