The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) require to be put a contract in place for the provision of a year-round welcome centre to support people who are rough sleeping in Edinburgh as the current contract is coming to an end. The Welcome Centre is designed to provide accommodation and support on a short-term basis before moving people to alternative accommodation that meets their needs.

The Council is seeking to appoint a single Provider to deliver the specified service. An open style procurement process will be adopted where by the Single Procurement Document (SPD) will be utilised to identify suitable Tenderers in terms of compliance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and/or the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016/PR(S)A14 and the minimum standards and any other requirements set out in the Tender documents & Contract Notice. Thereafter an Award Criteria and Pricing evaluation will be undertaken to select the tender which represent the best overall value for money.