Notice Information
Notice Title
Advocacy Services of Adults
Notice Description
The aim of the Advocacy service is to provide a range of advocacy services to meet both statutory and non-statutory need, including: - Crisis, Issue - Care Act - Complaints Advocacy NHS and Adult Social Care - Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) (including under 18-year-olds) - Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and Relevant Person Representative (RPR) - Appropriate Adult Advocacy - CHC advocacy The contract duration is for 5 years, plus a possible 2 year extension (on a one plus one year basis), subject to performance and funding available. The contract is considered an above threshold light touch contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Option to extend for up to a further two years (on a one year, plus one year basis) subject to performance and the availability of funding.
Planning Information
Worcestershire County Council (the Council) would like to invite interested organisations to attend a virtual engagement session around the possible future delivery of an Advocacy service across the county. The Council intends to hold a virtual open information and feedback session for all interested organisations on: Thursday 5th June 2025 10.30am - 11.30am Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams The PowerPoint Slides and any supporting documents will be made available after the event. Booking a place: • To book a place on this pre-market engagement session, please email procurement@worcestershire.gov.uk with your name, email address and organisation • Your details will remain confidential, be stored securely and be used for the purposes of disseminating information about this opportunity only • Please register your interest for the market engagement event by close of business on 4th June 2025 • Following registration, you will be sent a link to a Microsoft Teams Meeting Invite, which you will need to join on the day • Should you not be able to attend this event but would like to receive the resources from the pre-market engagement, or should you have any questions about the event, please email procurement@worcestershire.gov.uk Details of this event can also be found on Worcestershire County Council's Electronic Tendering Site, In Tend. If you are not already registered with In-tend, you will need to register your organisation to view and apply for any opportunities in Worcestershire. To complete your registration, go to https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/worcestershire/aspx/Home
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051344
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069995-2025
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- 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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,360,966 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,360,966 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £3,288,012 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £3,304,534 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Oct 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 24 Jun 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 23 Sep 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2031 Over 5 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
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- hwicb.contracts@nhs.net, 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
- TLG12 Worcestershire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Worcester
- Electoral Ward
- Claines
- Westminster Constituency
- Worcester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069995-2025
31st October 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061508-2025
1st October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037297-2025
4th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023545-2025
21st May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021327-2025
14th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
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