Official UK procurement notice
CN260642 - Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Mental Health Assessment Service
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDoLS Mental Health Assessment. This is not a call for competition, this is to express interest in this opportunity. Kent County Council (KCC) are anticipating procuring a DoLS Mental Health Assessment with the tender anticipated to launch in November 2026; Kent County Council does not guarantee this. The opportunity that launches will seek a supplier, working in conjunction with Kent DoLS Service, to arrange and complete these assessments, through the delivery of a Mental Health Assessment Service. The assessments must be undertaken by Section 12 doctors, who are also full members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and/or on the GMC Specialist Register as a specialist in psychiatry; and, where appropriate, those assessors must complete recommendations under the Mental Capacity Act. KCC propose a Service Commencement date of 1 May 2027. The Service Contract is expected to be for 2 years, with a possible extension of up 2 years.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Oct 2026, 14:17 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 14:17 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095709- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0784d6Find a Tender
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1073007616 For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Community-health-services./D9B842CKSY To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/D9B842CKSY GO Reference: GO-2026109-PRO-39040721
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Notice published1 day ago9 Oct 2026, 14:17 BST
- Tender notice expectedin 128 days15 Feb 2027
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.