Notice Information
Notice Title
ASC24089 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Out of County Cases
Notice Description
Worcestershire County Council ("the Council") has appointed a lead supplier to manage Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) out of county cases. The Council anticipates that approximately 150 out of county DoLS cases from across England and Wales would have to be completed and submitted to the DoLS team per annum. The Council will send the cases to the Supplier as the referrals are received. It would be expected that the completed cases would be sent back to the Council as soon as they are completed. These should take approximately 1 week (7 days) to be returned to the Council and should not take more than 4 weeks (28 days) to be returned.
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0001
Renewal: Possibility to extend for 12 months + 12 months until 31 August 2030.
Planning Information
Suppliers must complete a market testing questionnaire and return it either via In-tend (the Council's e-Procurement system), either via email. In order to complete it via In-tend, suppliers must first be logged into the system, then search for the project by the ASC24089 reference, "Express Interest" to unlock the "Preliminary Market Engagement" tab. That will make the questionnaire visible to complete. For suppliers who prefer returning it via email, a Word version is available for download on the project page, in the Clarifications tab.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04f805
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050869-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £442,500 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £442,500 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 5 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 21 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Andreea Miron
- Contact Email
- procurement@worcestershire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WORCESTER
- Postcode
- WR5 2NP
- Post Town
- Worcester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG12 Worcestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Worcester
- Electoral Ward
- Nunnery
- Westminster Constituency
- Worcester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050869-2025
22nd August 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042550-2025
23rd July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020863-2025
13th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019019-2025
6th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010953-2025
24th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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