Notice Information
Notice Title
Advocacy Services for Brent and Harrow
Notice Description
The London Borough of Brent (the Council) is inviting tenderers to bid in this competition for the award of the Advocacy Service. Brent Council is also undertaking this procurement on behalf of the London Borough of Harrow for the commissioning of statutory advocacy services, including Care Act Advocacy, Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) and the Relevant Person's Paid Representative (RPPR). Advocacy is available to Individuals who lack capacity, understanding of complex legislation and need support for their voice to be heard and their preferences to be known with regards to their care and medical treatments or where they live. Each Council will hold an individual contract for the term of three years and a potential single 2 year extension (totalling 5 years if all extensions are invoked).
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: A potential single two year extensions (totalling 5 years if the extension are invoked).
Planning Information
Brent and Harrow Council will be running a joint market engagement event to inform suppliers of the upcoming opportunity. The event scheduled for Thursday 28 May 2026, will begin at 9:45am and be delivered online via Microsoft Teams. Suppliers interested in attending the market engagement should express an interest in the opportunity to be sent a message from the Council requesting information on attendees. Please express an interest no later than 9:00am Thursday 28 May 2026 in order to receive the invitation link via the messaging facility on the London Tenders Portal. .
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0691ba
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060942-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,255,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,706,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Jun 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Jul 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 29 Jun 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2026 - 31 Oct 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-06-29
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRENT
- Postcode
- HA9 0FJ
- Post Town
- Harrow
- 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
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West, TLI72 Brent, TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
-
- Local Authority
- Harrow
- Electoral Ward
- Kenton West
- Westminster Constituency
- Harrow East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060942-2026
29th June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041160-2026
5th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
www.LondonTenders.org
Register @ www.LondonTenders.org in order to view tender documents. Project reference is: DN814416
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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