Stale Pre-tender

ASC24089 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Out of County Cases

Details

Buyer: Worcestershire County Council
Value: £500,000
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 24 March 2025
Submission: 8 April 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Worcestershire County Council (“the Council”) has appointed a lead supplier to manage Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) out of county cases. The Council anticipates that approximately 150 out of county DoLS cases from across England and Wales would have to be completed and submitted to the DoLS team per annum. The Council will send the cases to the Supplier as the referrals are received. It would be expected that the completed cases would be sent back to the Council as soon as they are completed. These should take approximately 1 week (7 days) to be returned to the Council and should not take more than 4 weeks (28 days) to be returned.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published24 March 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Worcestershire County Council is a local authority with its own dedicated commercial team. Tender opportunities are published and managed through In-Tend, the council's electronic tendering portal. Suppliers register on In-Tend to view live opportunities and express interest before submitting. Specialist areas such as digital connectivity and economic development run through separate Dynamic Purchasing Systems, each requiring its own registration. Procurement follows the Procurement Act 2023, with health and social care awarded under the Provider Selection Regime. The commercial team sits within the Finance, Commercial and Performance Services Directorate and is CIPS-qualified throughout.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Worcestershire County Council's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, health and social work and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services
85300000 · Social work and related services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@worcestershire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@worcestershire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@worcestershire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@worcestershire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@worcestershire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@worcestershire-county-council.gov