Expired contract

Pan Dorset Advocacy Service

Details

Value
£4,137,052.25
Duration
3 years
Topic
Health and social work services
Published
4 April 2023

Tender description

Dorset Council is inviting suitably experienced and qualified providers to bid in a tender opportunity for a Single Pan Dorset Advocacy Service with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council, NHS Dorset and Dorset Hospitals University Foundation Trust. There is the potential for a 5-year contract. It will include: • Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA - LPS / DoLS) Including Safeguarding Advocacy, Litigation Friend and Relevant Persons Representative (RPR) • Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) • Care Act Advocacy - Including Parents who have Care Act eligible needs • General / Generic Advocacy (non-statutory) • CHC Advocacy • Advocacy for Parents during care proceedings who are not Care Act eligible (Children's Services) • Carers Advocacy (Not under the Care Act) Full details can be found, and any bid submitted, on the e-tendering system used by the Council: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published4 April 2023
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 June 2023
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 May 2026

About the buyer

Dorset Council buys as a local authority, with a Commercial and Procurement team at its Dorchester offices. The Procurement Act 2023 came into force on 24 February 2025. Over 6,000 suppliers work with the council each year, and 51% are based in Dorset.

Over the past 5 years, most of Dorset Council's contract awards have been in software and information systems, health and social work and construction work.

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