Official UK procurement notice
Advocacy Services of Adults
Authority: Worcestershire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe aim of the Advocacy service is to provide a range of advocacy services to meet both statutory and non-statutory need, including:
- Crisis, Issue
- Care Act
- Complaints Advocacy NHS and Adult Social Care
- Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) (including under 18-year-olds)
- Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and Relevant Person Representative (RPR)
- Appropriate Adult Advocacy
- CHC advocacy
The contract duration is for 5 years, plus a possible 2 year extension (on a one plus one year basis), subject to performance and funding available.
The contract is considered an above threshold light touch contract.
- How the procedure runs: In accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, the Council has chosen to use a Competitive Flexible procedure for this above-threshold contract to ensure fair competition while maintaining proportionality. This procedure will be conducted in three (3) stages: Stage 1 - Conditions of Participation Stage 2 - Quality and Price Stage 3 - Presentations Please see ASC25086 Tender Guidance for further detail on the stages.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,360,966
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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).
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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).
- Stage 1 - Conditions of Participation
- Stage 2 - Quality
- Stage 2 - Price
- Stage 3 - Presentations
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 May 2025, 14:41 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Oct 2025, 10:50 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
ASC25086- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037297- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051344Find a Tender
- How it runs
In accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, the Council has chosen to use a Competitive Flexible procedure for this above-threshold contract to ensure fair competition while maintaining proportionality.
This procedure will be conducted in three (3) stages:
Stage 1 - Conditions of Participation
Stage 2 - Quality and Price
Stage 3 - Presentations
Please see ASC25086 Tender Guidance for further detail on the stages.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 18 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 18 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please visit www.in-tendhost.co.uk/worcestershire/aspx/… ↗ to access this opportunity. You will need to register for In Tend in order to apply for this opportunity.
Timeline
14 May 2025 → 1 Feb 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published14 May 2025, 14:41 BST
- Market engagement23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Worcestershire County Council (the Council) would like to invite interested organisations to attend a virtual engagement session around the possible future delivery of an Advocacy service across the county.
The Council intends to hold a virtual open information and feedback session for all interested organisations on:
Thursday 5th June 2025
10.30am - 11.30am
Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams
The PowerPoint Slides and any supporting documents will be made available after the event.
Booking a place:
- To book a place on this pre-market engagement session, please email [email protected] with your name, email address and organisation
- Your details will remain confidential, be stored securely and be used for the purposes of disseminating information about this opportunity only
- Please register your interest for the market engagement event by close of business on 4th June 2025
- Following registration, you will be sent a link to a Microsoft Teams Meeting Invite, which you will need to join on the day
- Should you not be able to attend this event but would like to receive the resources from the pre-market engagement, or should you have any questions about the event, please email [email protected]
Details of this event can also be found on Worcestershire County Council's Electronic Tendering Site, In Tend. If you are not already registered with In-tend, you will need to register your organisation to view and apply for any opportunities in Worcestershire. To complete your registration, go to www.in-tendhost.co.uk/worcestershire/aspx/… ↗
- Next notice expected24 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published4 Jul 2025, 09:40 BST
- Submission deadline18 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by380 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent380 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends370 days ago10 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published350 days ago31 Oct 2025, 10:50 GMT
- Contract starts257 days ago1 Feb 2026
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2025- Pipeline notice published14 May 2025, 14:41 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 May 2025, 09:00 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published4 Jul 2025, 09:40 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £3,360,9664 Jul 2025, 09:40 BSTwas £3,360,000
- Status changed to active4 Jul 2025, 09:40 BST
- Procurement method changed4 Jul 2025, 09:40 BST
- Contract award notice published1 Oct 2025, 18:04 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Oct 2025, 18:04 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Oct 2025, 18:04 BST
- Contract signature expected15 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published31 Oct 2025, 10:50 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-05: 2 releases · 14 May 2025, 21 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Advocacy NetworkVCSEAdvocacy Services for Adults1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2031 · up to 31 Jan 2033Extensions: Option to extend for up to a further two years (on a one year, plus one year basis) subject to performance and the availability of funding. | £3,288,012 | 24 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Advocacy Services for Adults · Swan Advocacy NetworkVCSE
- Signed
- 31 Oct 2025
- Value
- £3,304,534
- Period
- 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2031 · up to 31 Jan 2033 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Option to extend for up to a further two years (on a one year, plus one year basis) subject to performance and the availability of funding.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 0 | 2 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SWAN ADVOCACY NETWORKAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Please visit https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/worcestershire/aspx/Home to access this opportunity. You will need to register for In Tend in order to apply for this opportunity.
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender