Social and other specific services – public contracts
Prior information notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The City of Edinburgh Council
Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street
Edinburgh
EH8 8BG
UK
Contact person: Claudine Persaud
E-mail: claudine.persaud@edinburgh.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00290
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Welcome Centre for People who are Rough Sleeping in Edinburgh
Reference number: CT1875
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council is seeking to appoint a single Service Provider to deliver a Welcome Centre for people who are rough sleeping within the boundaries of Edinburgh.
Further details relating to the requirement are provided within the attached PIN Brief.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
85311000
85300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
Main site or place of performance:
Edinburgh.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is:
- to advise the market that the City of Edinburgh Council (the Council), intend to tender a contract for a Welcome Centre for People who are Rough Sleeping in Edinburgh (the Service)
- to assess the current Service Provider market, by seeking notes of interest from suitably qualified organisations operating in the Edinburgh area, that have the expertise, capability and capacity to deliver the Service.
Further details relating to the requirement are provided within the attached PIN Brief.
II.2.14) Additional information
If you wish to note interest in this contract opportunity, please indicate so on Public Contract Scotland and complete the attached PIN questionnaire and email it to claudine.persaud@edinburgh.gov.uk by 12 noon on Thursday 27 August 2026.
Please note that completed PIN Questionnaires received after 12 noon on Thursday 27 August 2026 may not be considered.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
27/11/2026
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=839248.
(SC Ref:839248)
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/08/2026