Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
Notice Description
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) exists to safeguard individuals when a deprivation of liberty is an unavoidable part of a best interests care plan. Individuals who are identified as potentially deprived of their liberty must be considered on a case-by-case basis and all appropriate steps taken to remove the risk of a deprivation of liberty where possible.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: we will only allow one option to extend, we currently want to test how this contract will work before we commit for longer contract commitment.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-060a05
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004839-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- 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
- £100,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £100,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Miss Areej Shabaa
- Contact Email
- areej.shabaa@wokingham.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WOKINGHAM
- Postcode
- RG40 1BN
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Wokingham
- Electoral Ward
- Emmbrook
- Westminster Constituency
- Wokingham
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004839-2026
20th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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