Closed tender

Provision of All Wales Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)

Details

Value
£11,356,885
Topic
Health and social work services
Published
14 July 2026
Submission
17 August 2026

Tender description

NHS Wales Shared Services Parentship (as hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust), in collaboration with six (6) Welsh Health Boards is seeking to procure an Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy service. The tender will be divided into Lots to take into consideration the provision of the IMCA and the paid RPR (Relevant Person Representative) service. This procurement is divided into six (6) Lots as set out below. Please note that Lot 3 and 4 are split into three (3) two separate sub-lots with the Health Board acting as the Commissioner for the Lots detailed below: Lot 1 – BCUHB IMCA Services Lot 2a – ABUUHB IMCA Services Lot 2b – ABUUHB Ad-hoc Spot-Purchase Lot 3a – CTMUHB IMCA Services Lot 3b – CTMUHB Paid RPR Services Lot 3c –CTMUHB Ad-hoc Spot-Purchase Lot 4a – CAVUHB IMCA Services Lot 4b – CAVUHB Paid RPR Services Lot 4c – CAVUHB Spot-Purchase of Paid RPR Lot 5a – HDDUHB IMCA & Paid RPR services Lot 5b – HDDUHB Ad – hoc Spot-Purchase Lot 6a – SBUHB IMCA & Paid RPR services Lot 6b – SBUHB Spot-Purchase of Paid RPR Local Authorities

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published14 July 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date17 August 2026

About the buyer

NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership is hosted by Velindre NHS Trust and buys as a healthcare body for every health board and trust in Wales through its Procurement Services division. Tenders are advertised on Sell2Wales and run through the eTenderWales portal. Frameworks cover capital equipment, pharmaceuticals, clinical supplies, food, utilities, maintenance, IT and the commissioning of healthcare services. Local procurement teams work with each health board alongside sourcing, supply chain and accounts payable teams. Where appropriate, tenders are split into smaller lots so SMEs can bid.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership's contract awards have been in health and social work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85000000 · Health and social work services

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