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# Advocacy Services across Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/advocacy-services-across-leicestershire-leicester-and-rutland-ocds-h6vhtk-03faa7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Leicestershire County Council: "Advocacy Services across Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,457,815. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Oct 2023, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Leicestershire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leicestershire-county-council-ons-e10000018)
- **Published Value:** £2,457,815 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 October 2023 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF, UKF2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,457,815 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03faa7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/advocacy-services-across-leicestershire-leicester-and-rutland-ocds-h6vhtk-03faa7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D4fcaf1fe-cc4c-ee11-8124-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/advocacy-services-across-leicestershire-leicester-and-rutland-ocds-h6vhtk-03faa7#participate

## Description
Leicestershire County Council in partnership with Leicester City Council and Rutland County Council (LLR Group) is undertaking this procurement for the provision of Advocacy Services across Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland.
The successful provider will be responsible for the delivery of four distinct types of advocacy services as listed below:
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)
The Mental Capacity Act makes statutory provisions for an IMCA to provide independent support for people who lack capacity to make important decisions. This must be provided by an organisation who is independent of the local LLR Group and the NHS.
Independent NHS Complaints Advocacy (ICAS)
This advocacy relates to members of the public or their carers making or intending to make an NHS complaint.
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
This is provided to people who are detained in a secure mental health setting, provisionally discharged, those on Community Treatment Orders and voluntary patients.
Care Act Advocacy
This refers to the statutory requirement under sections 67 and 68 of the Care Act to provide advocacy to people who would experience substantial difficulty in being fully involved in their assessment and other parts of the care pathway.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** Leicestershire County Council in partnership with Leicester City Council and Rutland County Council (LLR Group) is undertaking this procurement for the provision of Advocacy Services across Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland.
The successful provid...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2024 to 31/03/2029

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 036758-2023-DN688574-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **POwHER**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-100657`
  - Value: £2,457,815 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 036758-2023-DN688574-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,457,815
  - Signed Date: 12/12/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036758-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-14T11:00:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:28:58.361Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03faa7