Notice Information
Notice Title
Adults Advocacy Service
Notice Description
Adults Advocacy Service for Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly
Planning Information
The current Adults Advocacy Service contract is coming to an end on 19th June 2026 and Cornwall Council is seeking to engage with the Adults Advocacy market to help inform the recommissioning approach for the new contract for Adults Advocacy provision across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and to understand the potential level of interest across this market sector. The market engagement period will run from 1st August 2025 to 5th December 2025, commencing with a Soft Market Test which will run from 1st August 2025 to 12th September 2025 inclusive, after which further market engagement events will be advertised through the Proactis portal, the Council’s e-tendering system and accessed through the following link: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk. ref. DN774644 Adults Advocacy Service. Participation in the soft market test process will not prejudice suppliers when participating in any future procurement. If you are interested in this area of service provision and/or in helping with our assessment of the market, please find the documentation required using the above Proactis portal link. This is not a call for competition. As such, any future procurement process will be compliant with The Procurement Regulations 2024. The issuing of this document and the carrying out of this market engagement does not commit the Council to commencing any related procurement process or to a single means of procurement. In case of an unsatisfactory level of competition in the market able to fulfil the Council’s requirements, the Council reserves the right to take appropriate action necessary in line with The Procurement Regulations 2024 to ensure continuity of service provision.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0512e4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045119-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 3 Dec 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 19 Jun 2026 - 19 Jun 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CORNWALL COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Ms Celia Penhaligon
- Contact Email
- celia.penhaligon@cornwall.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1872322222
Buyer Location
- Locality
- TRURO
- Postcode
- TR1 3AY
- Post Town
- Truro
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Delivery Location
- TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
-
- Local Authority
- Cornwall
- Electoral Ward
- Truro Boscawen & Redannick
- Westminster Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045119-2025
1st August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021197-2025
14th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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