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AwardedAwarded 3 August 2026

Student Assistance and Support Services

APUC Limited · Public body

In brief

APUC Limited awarded care work to Health Assured Ltd, Uwill Inc and HealthHero Solutions Limited (formerly Validium) and 3 others on 3 August 2026.

It is a framework worth up to £800,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

It is split into 2 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

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.

Lots

LotTradeValue
Full Student Support Service
What this lot covers

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.

Social and domiciliary care—
Student Wellbeing Tool
What this lot covers

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.

Social and domiciliary care—

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
Health Assured Ltd
Uwill Inc (SME)
HealthHero Solutions Limited (formerly Validium)
10 bids received
Full Student Support Service£100,000
Togetherall Ltd (SME)
Spectrum Life
TalkLife (SME)
6 bids received
Student Wellbeing Tool£100,000

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Prior information notice · notice 082983-2025
  2. Contract notice · notice 039324-2026
  3. Contract notice (update) · notice 048329-2026
  4. Contract award notice · notice 090959-2026

About the buyer

APUC LimitedLast 12 months

Procurements

24

Awards

6

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From notice 082983-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 15 December 2025, last updated 25 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.