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# CT0863 - Independent Advocacy

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ct0863-independent-advocacy-ocds-h6vhtk-033cb1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Council and NHS Lothian, through the EHSCP, have a statutory duty to provide access to independent advocacy services to people who meet the requirements of Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) act 2007, the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and the Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003. Section 259 of the 2003 Act sets out the main provisions for independent advocacy. Information about independent advocacy services will need to be communicated to advocacy partners in a way which each advocacy partners can understand, taking account of any special communication needs they may have. The Service shall be predominately provided face to face to Advocacy Partners within the city of Edinburgh from either the office premises or in an agreed venue or space within the locality where the Advocacy Partner resides.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The City of Edinburgh Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-city-of-edinburgh-council-ons-s12000036)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £7,387,982 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 June 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 8
- **Procurement Method:** Procedure involving negotiations
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-033cb1`

## Before you bid
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- **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/ct0863-independent-advocacy-ocds-h6vhtk-033cb1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ct0863-independent-advocacy-ocds-h6vhtk-033cb1#participate

## Description
The Council and NHS Lothian, through the EHSCP, have a statutory duty to provide access to independent advocacy services to people who meet the requirements of Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) act 2007, the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and the Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003. Section 259 of the 2003 Act sets out the main provisions for independent advocacy. Independent advocacy supports an advocacy partner's right to have their own voice heard in decisions made about their health and well-being. Independent advocacy enables vulnerable people to be heard and promotes social inclusion.
Independence is key in the advocacy partners right to advocacy, because it is vital that the role of independent advocacy is not compromised in any way. Independence ensures that the advocacy services provided are divorced from the interests of those persons concerned with the advocacy partner's care and welfare.
Independent advocacy services can only be provided by organisations who meet the requirements of the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) or equivalent. The SIAA define an independent advocacy organisation as “an organisation that only provides independent advocacy and all the activities it undertakes are about providing, promoting, supporting and defending independent advocacy. Independence means that it does not provide any other services and is structurally, financially and psychologically separate from other organisations and interests”.
Information about independent advocacy services will need to be communicated to advocacy partners in a way which each advocacy partners can understand, taking account of any special communication needs they may have. Such needs may arise, for example, where the advocacy partners is deaf or hard of hearing or has a visual impairment, a learning disability or where their first language is not English. n addition, any information provided in writing should be clear and in a style and language which can be easily understood by the individual advocacy partner.
The Service shall be predominately provided face to face to Advocacy Partners within the city of Edinburgh from either the office premises or in an agreed venue or space within the locality where the Advocacy Partner resides. If the Advocacy Partner is in a hospital ward, then the Service shall be delivered there.

## Lots (8)
### Lot 1: Lot 1a - Individual Independent advocacy services for people with mental health issues
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £3,025,467
- **Description:** Independent advocacy services for people with mental health issues for individual and non-instructed.
This Lot 1a is designed for people over 16 years or older who have a mental health disorder or who have or have experienced mental health issues whi...
- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 2: Lot 1b - Collective Independent advocacy services for people with mental health issues
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £756,367
- **Description:** Independent advocacy services for people with mental health issues for collective advocacy.
This lot 1b is for people 16 years or older who have a mental health disorder or who have or have experienced mental health issues which can be severe and end...
- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 3: Lot 2a - Individual Independent advocacy services for people with problematic substance use issues
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £241,802
- **Description:** Independent advocacy services for people with problematic substance use issues for individual and non instructed advocacy.
This lot 2a is for people who are 16 years or older who have a problematic substance use who are deemed at risk of harm, vulner...
- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 4: Lot 2b - Collective Independent advocacy services for people with problematic substance use issues
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £80,600
- **Description:** Independent advocacy services for people with problematic substance use issues for collective advocacy.
This lot 2b is for people who are 16 years or older who have a problematic substance use who are deemed at risk of harm, vulnerable or of risk of ...
- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 5: Lot 3a - Individual Independent advocacy services for people with a learning/ intellectual disability, autistic people, older people, dementia and physical disability or sensory impairment
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,813,514
- **Description:** Independent advocacy services for people with a learning/ intellectual disability, autistic people, older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability or sensory impairment for individual and non-instructed advocacy.
This lot 3a...
- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 6: Lot 3b - Collective Independent advocacy services for people with a learning/ intellectual disability, autistic people, older people, dementia and physical disability or sensory impairment
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £201,501
- **Description:** Independent advocacy services for people with a learning/ intellectual disability, autistic people, older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability or sensory impairment for collective advocacy.
This lot 3b is for adults aged...
- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 7: Lot 4a - Individual Adult Unpaid Carers Independent Advocacy Service
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,014,985
- **Description:** Adult unpaid Carers independent advocacy service for individual advocacy.
This lot 4a will proved unpaid adult carers (aged 18 years or older) as defined in the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 who require individual advocacy.
More detail can be found in t...
- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 8: Lot 4b - Collective Adult Unpaid Carers Independent Advocacy Service
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £253,746
- **Description:** Adult Unpaid Carers independent advocacy service for collective advocacy.
This lot 4b will proved unpaid adult carers (aged 18 years or older) as defined in the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 who require collective advocacy.
More detail can be found in t...
- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013836-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-23T13:11:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-10T14:30:28.708Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-033cb1