Awarded contract

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Relevant Person's Paid Representative (DoLS)

Details

Value
£28,333
Duration
1 year
Topic
Other community, social and personal services
Published
14 November 2025

Tender description

Rhondda County Borough Council and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council are the ‘Supervisory Bodies' under the terms of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (‘the Act’) and The Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Appointment of Relevant Person’s Representative) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (‘the Regulations’). The Supervisory Body requires a high quality support service for every relevant person for whom a ‘Paid Representative’ is to be appointed in accordance with the requirements of the regulations. The Supervisory Body now seek to commission a service from a suitably qualified and experienced Provider for the provision of a relevant person’s paid representative service. (‘Relevant Person’ being a person deprived of their liberty subject to standard authorisations under the Mental Capacity Act 2005’) ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published14 November 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date14 November 2025
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 December 2026in 3 months

About the buyer

Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC is a local authority in South Wales, and buys through a dedicated Procurement Unit. Every opportunity is advertised on Sell2Wales, the national procurement portal for Wales. Suppliers also register on eTenderWales, the council's own e-tendering system, to bid directly. A Local Business Directory lets smaller and local suppliers register interest in council-run contracts. Larger opportunities are listed in advance on a forward planning pipeline published through Sell2Wales. The council's own Contract Procedure Rules and a public contracts register set out how each award is run.

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 Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC's contract awards have been in construction work, repair and maintenance and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 98000000 · Other community, social and personal services

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