Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Lot 1 Deprivation of Liberties Services
Notice Description
A competitive tender was undertaken seeking to award to a provider for the provision of Deprivation of Liberties Services providing Independent Best Interests Assessors (BIAs) and Section 12-approved doctor assessments to help meet the council's legal duties under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). The contract is to be awarded for a period of 5 plus an optional 1 year extension (a total of 6 years). The value of the contract will be PS666k annually and if all 6 years are provided the total contract value is PS3,996k
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The Contract will be for an initial term of five (5) years with an extendable option for a period of one (1) year, giving a total of six (6) years (the Term).
Planning Information
The London Borough of Hillingdon Council seeks competent and experienced providers of Deprivation of Liberties Service Contracts to meet for a Provider Engagement event at the Civic Centre in Uxbridge on the 23rd June 2025 at 1.30 pm This is for the provision of services of Best Interest Assessments, Section 12 Doctor Assessments and Out of Borough Paid Representatives. The engagement event will include deprivation of liberties services and advocacy services. Register your attendance by email (by the end of 19th June) to procurement@hillingdon.gov.uk with "Provider Engagement - Deprivation of Liberties Services" in the email subject. If you are unable to attend in person, we can email you the information after the event. The session will provide an opportunity for interested providers to understand the service requirements whilst having the opportunity to offer views and comments, helping to ensure that the proposed approach is clear, achievable and aligned to Hillingdon's requirements. Providers will be able to seek clarification to prepare for the forthcoming tender process. We encourage all interested providers to register with the tendering portal Proactis https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052262
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000539-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open 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
- £4,068,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £4,068,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £3,996,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 6 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON
- Contact Name
- Sally Offin
- Contact Email
- procurement@hillingdon.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- UXBRIDGE
- Postcode
- UB8 1UW
- Post Town
- Southall
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
- Delivery Location
- TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
-
- Local Authority
- Hillingdon
- Electoral Ward
- Uxbridge
- Westminster Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000539-2026
6th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057170-2025
17th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029654-2025
3rd June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029643-2025
3rd June 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026279-2025
23rd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
All tender documents are available via the tender portal: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com (the Portal)
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