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Published 30 Mar 2022, 18:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

21 066 Statutory Advocacy Service

Official notice

Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD62)
Published estimate£4,284,000≈ £1.1m / year2.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 3 May 2022awarded 15 Jul 2022
Awarded to VoiceAbility Advocacy
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Aug 2026 · extension options published · starts 1 Sept 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of an Independent Statutory Advocacy Service will provide support to eligible

Service Users to access the following range of advocacy provision:

  1. Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Deprivation of Liberty

Safeguards (DoLS); and any subsequent changes in legislation

  1. Paid Relevant Persons Representative (RPR) role under DoLS; and any subsequent

changes in legislation

  1. Care Act Independent Advocacy under the Care Act 2014, and including Independent

Advocacy for Prisoners under the Care Act 2014

  1. Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
  2. Continuing Healthcare Advocacy (CHC)

CPV: Social work services without accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The overall purpose of the Independent Statutory Advocacy Service is to offer a high…Awarded 4 yrsPublished value£4,284,000

The overall purpose of the Independent Statutory Advocacy Service is to offer a high quality,

seamless statutory advocacy provision across the Administrative Area. The Service will build

upon people’s strengths and abilities, maximising Service User involvement.

The Provider will deliver a single point of access for the range of statutory advocacy

interventions, promoting a triage approach to ensure that Service Users are offered the most

appropriate advocacy intervention to meet their eligible advocacy support needs. This will

include the following:

  • Maintaining a local Cheshire based service which understands and responds to local needs.
  • Providing flexibility, enabling resources to be moved within the Service to meet increased

demand for one type of advocacy provision

  • Provision of a cost-effective service
  • The Service will reflect the key principles of, recognising and utilising digital technology,

promoting wellbeing, help to prevent reliance and dependency on care and support by

maximising independence, encouraging participation and personal responsibility, promoting and raising awareness of the Independent Statutory Advocacy Service. Additionally,

supporting the development of self-advocacy where possible

  • People using the Service will be seen as active partners in decisions made about them,

including in relation to their care and support, maximising service user involvement

  • The Service will be (and will be seen to be) independent of the Councils and or it’s service

partners as well as any other organisations which may participate in the assessment of

individuals

The provision of an Independent Statutory Advocacy Service will provide support to eligible

Service Users to access the following range of advocacy provision:

  1. Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Deprivation of Liberty

Safeguards (DoLS); and any subsequent changes in legislation

  1. Paid Relevant Persons Representative (RPR) role under DoLS; and any subsequent

changes in legislation

  1. Care Act Independent Advocacy under the Care Act 2014, and including Independent

Advocacy for Prisoners under the Care Act 2014

  1. Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
  2. Continuing Healthcare Advocacy (CHC)
Contract period: 1 Sept 2022 – 31 Aug 2026 (4 yrs)
Delivery: North West
Extensions: The initial contract period is 1st September 2022 - 31st August 2026, with up to 3 x 12 month options to extend —therefore options maybe taken up for the period 1st September 2026 up to 31st August 2029. The options will be exercised at the discretion of the Council, in line with the Contractual terms.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Questions including a presentation: 70%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Questions including a presentation: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
30 Mar 2022, 18:37 BST
Last source update
1 Sept 2022, 11:23 BST
Award evaluation window
3 May 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN568640
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-024407
Classification (CPV)
Social work services without accommodation
Delivery area
North West (UKD62)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032849 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
3 May 2022, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
3 May 2022, 14:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.the-chest.org.uk ↗

Timeline

3 May 2022 → 1 Sept 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    3 May 2022, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    3 May 2022, 14:05 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    1 Sept 2022, 11:23 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Sept 2022, 11:23 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £4,193,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 43 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jul 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
VoiceAbility Advocacy£4,193,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 024407-2022-1 · VoiceAbility Advocacy

    Signed
    15 Jul 2022
    Value
    £4,193,000
    Period
    … – 31 Aug 2026
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Cheshire East Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, North West, CW11 1HZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Cheshire Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority Nantwich, North WestContact email
  • Cheshire West and Chester CouncilContracting authority Ellesmere Port, North WestContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria