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# Contract for supporting the Secretary of State in the accreditation and oversight of ADR providers in the UK.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-supporting-the-secretary-of-state-in-the-accreditation-and-oversight-of-adr-p-ocds-h6vhtk-02e96b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: "Contract for supporting the Secretary of State in the accreditation and oversight of ADR providers in the UK.". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £510,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-business-energy-industrial-strategy-nhs-xvw)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £510,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** General public services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e96b`

## 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/contract-for-supporting-the-secretary-of-state-in-the-accreditation-and-oversight-of-adr-p-ocds-h6vhtk-02e96b#tl-md)

## Description
The Consumer and Competition Policy Directorate (CCP), part of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), is looking for a service provide to support the Secretary of State in the execution of the Secretary of State’s Competent Authority role for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the non-regulated sector. The provider will provide services of an administrative nature supporting the Secretary of State’s performance of a number of statutory functions including the accreditation, oversight, performance management and reporting of ADR bodies in the non-regulated sector. It is proposed the contract will be of three-year duration with a potential option to extend by two additional years in one-year increments.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** BEIS is looking for a partner to support the Secretary of State (SoS) in his role as Competent Authority for ADR in non-regulated sectors. The role of SoS is to approve and oversee bodies offering ADR used in disputes between businesses and consumers...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025085-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-07T15:15:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:35:02.200Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02e96b