--- title: "Provision of Best Interest Assessors (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) Service" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-4b33235f-d3a1-443e-89cd-9386bb45f217" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4b33235f-d3a1-443e-89cd-9386bb45f217" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4b33235f-d3a1-443e-89cd-9386bb45f217.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4b33235f-d3a1-443e-89cd-9386bb45f217.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2023-03-28" --- # Provision of Best Interest Assessors (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) Service Buyer: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4b33235f-d3a1-443e-89cd-9386bb45f217 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4b33235f-d3a1-443e-89cd-9386bb45f217) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4b33235f-d3a1-443e-89cd-9386bb45f217.json) ## Summary Staffordshire County Council is planning the "Provision of Best Interest Assessors (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) Service" procurement in the health and social work services industry category. The market engagement process will end on April 14, 2023. Interested providers in the West Midlands, United Kingdom, are invited to participate in soft market testing to offer feedback to the Council. This tender by Staffordshire County Council is an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organizations to engage in market feedback on best interest assessments for vulnerable individuals. Businesses interested in providing Best Interest Assessments services in the health and social work services sector are encouraged to participate in this planning stage to help shape future service provision in an effective and efficient manner. ## Notice For the avoidance of doubt this is not a Call for Competition. This notice is to facilitate market engagement and soft market testing. Staffordshire County Council (SCC) is seeking responses from the independent marketplace about their ability to supply Best Interests Assessments (BIA)- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). Best Interests Assessments are a statutory function of the Local Authority as a part of the assessment process for the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) are designed to protect the interests of extremely vulnerable individuals accommodated in care homes and hospitals - people who have a mental disorder such as dementia or a profound learning disability who lack capacity to give informed consent to the accommodation arrangements made for their care and/or treatment and for whom deprivation of their liberty is considered after an independent assessment to be necessary in their best interests to protect them from harm. Under the current legislation the Local Authority is the supervisory body and as such has the statutory duty to ensure that assessments are undertaken and DoLS authorisations are in place. To start the market engagement process, a Soft Market Questionnaire will be available for interested providers to provide feedback on the current service specification, consider how the future service provision could look and gauge market interest in a future tender opportunity. This is an opportunity for providers to have their say and offer feedback so as SCC can consider how the market could look in delivering the service in the most effective and efficient way. For the avoidance of doubt, your responses will not be scored in any way. This is an information gathering exercise only and is not the start of any formal procurement process. If you would like to contribute to this process, please contact Caryl Laffey caryl.laffey@staffordshire.gov.uk who will send a copy of the questionnaire. Please note the return date for completed questionnaires is Friday 14 April 2023. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/75c616a6-895c-4644-b3de-c1e67be1804b | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 28 Mar 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 14 Apr 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | STAFFORD | | Post town | Stoke-on-Trent | | Postcode | ST16 2DH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire | | ITL 3 | TLG24 Staffordshire CC | | Local authority | Stafford | | Electoral ward | Forebridge | | Westminster constituency | Stafford | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 28 Mar 2023 at 09:44 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/75c616a6-895c-4644-b3de-c1e67be1804b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/75c616a6-895c-4644-b3de-c1e67be1804b 28th March 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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