Notice Information
Notice Title
Continuing Health Care (CHC) Reports and Advocacy Service
Notice Description
Provision of services of a provider ('Provider') of specialist Continuing Health Care (CHC) advocacy and legal representation to act on behalf of adults, with Council funded care services (and/or their nominated representatives) and secure eligibility for National Health Service (NHS) funded CHC. The Service will also include appealing against an Individual's existing CHC funding being withdrawn following review. An initial potential 20 (twenty) existing cases have been identified for consideration for review, future volume could be anywhere between 1 to 5 cases per month.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Extensions will be utilised based on the availability of financial budget and the satisfactory performance of the supplier in line with the contact terms and conditions.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055218
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069085-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- 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
- Awardee Scale
- SME
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
- £450,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £450,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £450,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Oct 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 12 Oct 2025 - 30 Sep 2027 1-2 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
- STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STAFFORD
- Postcode
- ST16 2DH
- Post Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
-
- Local Authority
- Stafford
- Electoral Ward
- Forebridge
- Westminster Constituency
- Stafford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069085-2025
28th October 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034538-2025
23rd June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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