Notice Information
Notice Title
Deprivation of Liberty Assessments
Notice Description
This notice marks the intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider process under PSR Wales. The Health Board wish to commission a maximum of 180 assessments to reduce the DoLS backlog, between December 2025 and March 2026. The service is to include DoLS Best Interests Assessors (BIA's) and the use of a s12 Doctor. The assessments need to be completed within one week of allocation and the patient must still be in hospital at time of authorisation.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This contract has been procured via the Most Suitable Provider under PSR Wales
Procurement Information
This notice marks the intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider process under PSR Wales.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05df4e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082574-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85110000 - Hospital and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £418,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Dec 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Sep 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 8 Dec 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF15 7QZ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL15 Central Valleys
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Taff's Well
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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