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title: "Appropriate Adults  Service SPS 2473"
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# Appropriate Adults  Service SPS 2473

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appropriate-adults-service-sps-2473-ocds-h6vhtk-02ea39). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Appropriate Adult Service will be provided to children who have been detained in police custody and will meet new requirements for appropriate adults To provide a quality Appropriate Adult service 24 hours per day, 7 days a week in which trained volunteers attend a custody suite, prison and voluntary interviews at and away from police stations within the 3 boroughs of Bexley, Lewisham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich, when a child aged between 10–17 years is detained and their carer/s unable/unwilling to attend in order to act as an Appropriate Adult. The Service must be delivered in line with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984) and its code of practice PACE guidelines and the NAAN National Standards (2018) and to ensure that the child’s interests are safeguarded, they understand their rights and police procedures during their detention and clear communication is facilitated.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Royal Borough of Greenwich](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-borough-of-greenwich-ons-e09000011)
- **Published Value:** £2,335,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 November 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ea39`

## 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-adults-service-sps-2473-ocds-h6vhtk-02ea39#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [royalgreenwich.proactishosting.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Froyalgreenwich.proactishosting.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appropriate-adults-service-sps-2473-ocds-h6vhtk-02ea39#participate

## Description
The Appropriate Adult Service will be provided to children who have been detained in police custody and will meet new requirements for appropriate adults

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £2,335,000
- **Description:** To provide a quality Appropriate Adult service 24 hours per day, 7 days a week in which trained volunteers attend a custody suite, prison and voluntary interviews at and away from police stations within the 3 boroughs of Bexley, Lewisham and the Roya...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025292-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-10T20:18:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-03T01:18:20.881Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ea39