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title: "APPROPRIATE ADULT SERVICE FOR young people aged 10 - 17 years"
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# APPROPRIATE ADULT SERVICE FOR young people aged 10 - 17 years

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appropriate-adult-service-for-young-people-aged-10-17-years-ocds-h6vhtk-0680da). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Plymouth City Council: "APPROPRIATE ADULT SERVICE FOR young people aged 10 - 17 years". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Plymouth City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/plymouth-city-council-ons-e06000026)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - limited competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKK41
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £103,950 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appropriate-adult-service-for-young-people-aged-10-17-years-ocds-h6vhtk-0680da#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0680da`

## 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/appropriate-adult-service-for-young-people-aged-10-17-years-ocds-h6vhtk-0680da#tl-md)

## Description
The purpose of the Service is to facilitate clear communication for young people in the circumstances set out in the introduction to this Specification, and to ensure that the: 
young person understands their rights 
rights of the young person are upheld 
young person understands relevant Police procedures  
The Service will provide effective, impartial Appropriate Adult support to young people in the circumstances set out in the introduction to this Specification, ensuring that their rights are upheld.  
Appropriate Adults provided by the Service will arrive at the custody centre within 1.5 hours of the initial call out - unless a different timescale is specifically requested. 
Within 24 hours of conclusion of the call out, the Service will provide a copy of Plymouth City Council's 'Appropriate Adult form' (version dated February 2025, or subsequent versions as advised) to the Council's Youth Justice Service.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **THE APPROPRIATE ADULT SERVICE LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-133503`
  - Value: £103,950 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £103,950
  - Signed Date: 09/04/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033196-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-13T10:40:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T12:07:14.871Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0680da