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# Advocacy Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/advocacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04077a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: "Advocacy Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £984,968. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000028)
- **Published Value:** £984,968 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 November 2023 at 13:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG37
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £924,636 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04077a`

## 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-ocds-h6vhtk-04077a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsandwellmbc)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/advocacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04077a#participate

## Description
The purpose of the Advocacy Services is to provide high-quality support to Service Users who are legally eligible to receive advocacy under existing legislation, and to provide non-statutory advocacy to inpatients who are voluntarily in hospital due to their mental health diagnosis and treatment. These Services will ensure that as many people as possible in Sandwell who are legally eligible to access these services do access them, have their legal rights upheld, and are effectively supported to engage with the processes and decisions in relation to their health and social care needs. The services will ensure that the Service User's voice (or best interests in the case of IMCA/IMCA DOLS) are at the heart of any decisions made and ensure maximum choice, safety and independence for service users.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £984,968
- **Description:** Open procedure
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2024 to 31/03/2028

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 008855-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **POhWER**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-92807`
  - Value: £924,636 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 008855-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £924,636

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008855-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-19T14:35:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:20:56.251Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04077a