Thriving Communities Framework

A Contract Award Notice
by STIRLING COUNCIL

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Framework (Services)
Duration: 2 year (est.)
Value: £500K

Sector: HEALTH
Published: 25 Sep 2025
Delivery: To 25 Sep 2027 (est.)
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Stirling

Geochart for 2 buyers and 50 suppliers

2 buyers

Stirling Council Stirling

24 suppliers

Feeldwork Futures Forres
New Practice Glasgow
Includem Glasgow
Community Links South Lanarkshire Blantyre
Community Lab Edinburgh
Inspiring Communities Stirling
Corra Foundation Edinburgh
SKS Supply to Hie Communities Lochgilphead
Lateral North Glasgow
Glic Lochgilhead
Scottish Community Development Centre Glasgow
Community Renewal Training & Consultancy Paisley
Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise Stirling
Service Design Academy Dundee
Crow Colin Ross Workshop Edinburgh
Upstream Dundee
Urban Foresight Dundee
Community Enterprise Cel Trading Livingston
Icecream Architecture Ice Cream Glasgow
Media Education CIC Edinburgh
Keep Scotland Beautiful Stirling
Sustrans Bristol
Phronesis Partnership Auchterarder
Stirling Community Enterprise Stirling

Description

This procurement is concerned with creating a framework to support the delivery of Thriving Community development projects. External stakeholders and organisations will be sought to work alongside the council to co-design a programme of work across Stirling to support the Thriving Community vision. This framework will, primarily, provide support to communities in Stirling to help them address issues which are important to them, enabling them to build on the resources they have, such as knowledge, skills, ideas, experiences and material assets.

Lot Division

Community Engagement

Seeking groups/organisations to engage with communities to widen and diversify participation view a view to communities having a more equitable role in decision making and relationship building.

Co-Designing Services Within Communities

Seeking creative, dynamic and collaborative facilitators to support the co-design process with communities.

Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer

Seeking support to work collaboratively with residents, working together with the best available resources to build a person centred, bottom-up approach to meet the unique needs of those living within Stirling communities.

Award Detail

1	Feeldwork Futures (Forres) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
2	New Practice (Glasgow) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
3	Includem (Glasgow) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
4	Community Links South Lanarkshire (Blantyre) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
5	Community Lab (Edinburgh) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
6	Inspiring Communities (Stirling) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
7	Corra Foundation (Edinburgh) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
8	SKS Supply to Hie Communities (Lochgilphead) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
9	Lateral North (Glasgow) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
10	Glic (Lochgilhead) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
11	Scottish Community Development Centre (Glasgow) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
12	Community Renewal Training & Consultancy (Paisley) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
13	Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise (Stirling) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
14	Service Design Academy (Dundee) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
15	Crow Colin Ross Workshop (Edinburgh) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
16	Upstream (Dundee) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
17	Urban Foresight (Dundee) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
18	Community Enterprise Cel Trading (Livingston) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
19	Icecream Architecture Ice Cream (Glasgow) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
20	Media Education CIC (Edinburgh) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
21	Keep Scotland Beautiful (Stirling) Community Engagement Num offers: 21 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
22	Community Enterprise Cel Trading (Livingston) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
23	Corra Foundation (Edinburgh) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
24	Crow Colin Ross Workshop (Edinburgh) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
25	Icecream Architecture Ice Cream (Glasgow) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
26	Media Education CIC (Edinburgh) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
27	New Practice (Glasgow) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
28	SKS Supply to Hie Communities (Lochgilphead) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
29	Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise (Stirling) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
30	Community Renewal Training & Consultancy (Paisley) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
31	Feeldwork Futures (Forres) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
32	Includem (Glasgow) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
33	Lateral North (Glasgow) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
34	Scottish Community Development Centre (Glasgow) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
35	Service Design Academy (Dundee) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
36	Upstream (Dundee) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
37	Sustrans (Bristol) Co-Designing Services Within Communities Num offers: 19 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
38	Community Enterprise Cel Trading (Livingston) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
39	Corra Foundation (Edinburgh) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
40	Crow Colin Ross Workshop (Edinburgh) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
41	Icecream Architecture Ice Cream (Glasgow) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
42	Media Education CIC (Edinburgh) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
43	New Practice (Glasgow) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
44	SKS Supply to Hie Communities (Lochgilphead) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
45	Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise (Stirling) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
46	Community Links South Lanarkshire (Blantyre) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
47	Inspiring Communities (Stirling) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
48	Urban Foresight (Dundee) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
49	Phronesis Partnership (Auchterarder) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.
50	Stirling Community Enterprise (Stirling) Place-Based Working/Design & Community Asset Transfer Num offers: 13 Value: £166,666 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers. Contractor is an SME.

Award Criteria

Quality	50.0
PRICE	50.0

CPV Codes

75200000 - Provision of services to the community
98133100 - Civic betterment and community facility support services
85322000 - Community action programme
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Indicators

Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Three-year framework (two years plus an optional one-year extension). This is a flexible framework and applications for new admissions may be opened at any point during the framework's life, and the decision as and when to do so will be within the sole discretion of the council. (SC Ref:811285)

Reference

FTS 059789-2025