Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Highland Council
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX
UK
Contact person: Hazel Chisholm (Resettlement Team)
E-mail: resettlement@highland.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.highland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00045
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Refugee_Resettlement_Support_Service-Framework-2026
Reference number: HC/Pl-H&C/RRSS/2026
II.1.2) Main CPV code
70333000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
AWARDED
The Council has Awarded a Framework Agreement (hereinafter may be referred to as “Framework or FW”) to one (1) sole Supplier of suitably competent, qualified and the experience to provide Refugee Resettlement Support Service, for various service users/requirements for the Highland Council Area, on an ‘as and when’ required basis.
The Council shall give no guarantee of the volume of work or orders, if any, to be undertaken in relation to the Framework.
Please refer in full to the Tender Documents.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
305 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
70333000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
Main site or place of performance:
The Highland Council Area
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
AWARDED
The Council has Awarded a Framework Agreement (hereinafter may be referred to as “Framework or FW”) to one (1) sole Supplier of suitably competent, qualified and the experience to provide Refugee Resettlement Support Service, for various service users/requirements for the Highland Council Area, on an ‘as and when’ required basis.
The Council shall give no guarantee of the volume of work or orders, if any, to be undertaken in relation to the Framework.
Please refer in full to the Tender Documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Note this has been Awarded
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2026/S 000-036574
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: HC/Pl-H&C/RRSSFW/2026
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/07/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
New Start Highland
9 Carsegate Road North
Inverness
IV3 8DU
UK
Telephone: +44 1463715615
E-mail: iainherd@newstarthighland.org
NUTS: UKM62
Internet address(es)
URL: www.newstarthighland.org
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 305 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please note AWARDED
(SC Ref:838509)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
The Inverness Justice Centre, Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
UK
Telephone: +44 1463230782
E-mail: inverness@scotcourts.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/08/2026