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# Consolidated Advocacy Service for Adults

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consolidated-advocacy-service-for-adults-ocds-h6vhtk-051cdc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Darlington Borough Council: "Consolidated Advocacy Service for Adults". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,380,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.open-uk.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Darlington Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/darlington-borough-council-ons-e06000005)
- **Published Value:** £1,380,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 October 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKC13, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,380,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consolidated-advocacy-service-for-adults-ocds-h6vhtk-051cdc#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-051cdc`

## 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/consolidated-advocacy-service-for-adults-ocds-h6vhtk-051cdc#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [open-uk.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.open-uk.org%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consolidated-advocacy-service-for-adults-ocds-h6vhtk-051cdc#participate

## Description
Provision of a range of Advocacy services for eligible adults. The Services include: Relevant Person's Representative (RPR), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA), Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Care Act Advocacy, A Deprivation of Liberty authorised by the Court of Protection Rule 3 Representative, Advocacy support to people with a hearing impairment, some limited General Advocacy, the provision of
training to friends and family members to support them in the advocacy role and the development and support of Peer Advocacy.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,380,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/01/2026 to 31/12/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

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

  - Supplier(s): **DARLINGTON ASSOCIATION ON DISABILITY**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-6688735`
  - Value: £1,380,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 06/11/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,380,000
  - Signed Date: 19/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F052252-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-19T10:24:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T16:09:15.614Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-051cdc