Awarded contract

The Provision of Advocacy Services for Health and Social Care

Details

Buyer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Supplier(s): Voiceability Advocacy
Value: £265,200
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 19 September 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Independent advocacy for individuals who face substantial difficulty engaging in assessment, review, and safeguarding processes and lack an appropriate person to support them. This includes providing Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) and Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), undertaking the Relevant Person's Representative (RPR) role for adults, and delivering advocacy services under the Care Act Lot 1: Call off contract under NOE CPC Framework Agreement ref. NOE.0627 for Independent advocacy for individuals who face substantial difficulty engaging in assessment, review, and safeguarding processes and lack an appropriate person to support them. This includes providing Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) and Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), undertaking the Relevant Person's Representative (RPR) role for adults, and delivering advocacy services under the Care Act

Timeline

Completed: Award date17 September 2025
Completed: Award published19 September 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is a local authority that runs its own procurement team and follows the council's Contract Procedure Rules. Every tender is advertised through The Chest, a shared portal covering opportunities across North West England. Larger opportunities also appear on the government's Find a Tender service. Awarded contracts and renewal dates are published on a dedicated Contracts Register. Bigger contracts bring in the Social Value Portal to assess local social value alongside price. Suppliers register their details only after winning a contract, through the council's own registration form.

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 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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