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title: "Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOL's) - Mental Health Assessor (Doctors S12)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-034b83"
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# Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOL's) - Mental Health Assessor (Doctors S12)

Buyer: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-034b83

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## Summary

Leicestershire County Council has completed the procurement process for the provision of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOL's) - Mental Health Assessor services. This procurement falls under the health and social work services category. The tender was awarded with a contract value of £900,000 and was signed on 17th February 2023. The procurement method used was a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Leicestershire County Council acted as the buyer in this process.

This tender by Leicestershire County Council provides opportunities for qualified professionals to participate as mental health assessors under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards regulations. Businesses with experience in mental health assessments and adherence to required legal frameworks would be well-suited to compete. The tender opportunity, even though now closed, signifies a significant contract within the health and social work services industry, offering potential for business growth to suitable service providers.

## Notice

This is a notification of award by exception - Local Authorities have primary responsibility as the Supervisory Body under the DoL Safeguards. In operational terms this means that Local Authorities (Supervisory Body's) receive requests from Managing Authorities (residential/nursing homes and hospitals) and are required to organise, complete and respond to requests for authorisations within the mandated deadlines under the DoLS regulations. As part of this the Supervisory Body needs to arrange for a qualified assessor to complete relevant assessments. This process is currently arranged via an approved list of appropriately qualified assessors.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a notification of award by exception - Local Authorities have primary responsibility as the Supervisory Body under the DoL Safeguards. In operational terms this means that Local Authorities (Supervisory Body's) receive requests from Managing Authorities (residential/nursing homes and hospitals) and are required to organise, complete and respond to requests for authorisations within the mandated deadlines under the DoLS regulations. As part of this the Supervisory Body needs to arrange for a qualified assessor to complete relevant assessments. This process is currently arranged via an approved list of appropriately qualified assessors. The Standing List that is currently used to select a Doctor to undertake an assessment is established as follows: To undertake mental health and eligibility assessments, the Doctor must: Be approved under section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983, or a registered medical practitioner with at least three years' post-registration experience in the diagnosis or treatment of mental disorder Provide evidence they have completed the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards mental health assessor programme, made available by The Royal College of Psychiatrists Undertake annual update training provided by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and provide evidence of this. Join the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) update service which lets applicants keep their DBS certificates up to date online and allows employers to check a certificate online. Have a current registration with the General Medical council. Comply with the Law for the time being in force and in particular will comply with all Equal Opportunities Legislation and anti-discriminatory practices and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in the supply and provision of the Service under this Agreement. Have attended, or would be prepared to attend, the Supervisory Body's Training Programme. Leicestershire County Council are open to any suitably qualified professionals joining the list at any point during the period that the list is open

### Procurement Information

In the lifetime of the previous Framework we did an engagement event with Doctors to look at introducing a Framework for these Assessments.It was evident that the current cohort of Doctors at that time would not be interested in applying to be on a Framework. Over this period the Government announced changes to the current DOL's BIA assessment process introducing the new LPS standards which where due to introduced in 2020.This has been previously delayed and it is now expected that the new LPS arrangements will be introduced sometime in 2024.The purpose of this exception is to continue under the current arrangement until the guidance is issued for LPS for LCC to understand the new requirements. This current arrangement will end once the Government announce changes to DoLS, and once the details of the new legislation are known, a new procurement can be undertaken. The new procurement may also take place under the Provider Selection Regime, once this legislation goes live and we understand its scope. This legislation may give us further flexibility in terms of how the procurement is undertaken.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012923-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender 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, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 3 Aug 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | 30 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,332,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,232,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | RUTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE3 8RA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Glenfield Faire |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 15 |
| Supplier names | 30 QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS; 3D RECRUIT; ACTION FIRST; CARE2ASSESS; CMG1; DCC INTERACTIVE; ID MEDICAL; JW CARE SERVICES; LIBERTY HSC; MCS CARE SERVICES; MMEYER CARE CONSULTANT; RECRUITMENT TEAM NINE; ROSEKEL ASSESSMENT SERVICES; RUN HEALTHCARE; SIRONA MEDICAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 5 May 2023 at 10:33 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012923-2023
- 14 Oct 2022 at 11:12 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028993-2022
- 28 Jun 2022 at 13:14 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017629-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.leics.gov.uk
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=52095b9b-d0f6-ec11-8116-005056b64545
- https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html

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