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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOL's) - Mental Health Assessor (Doctors S12)

Health and social work services
East Midlands (UKF2)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Leicestershire County Council: "Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOL's) - Mental Health Assessor (Doctors S12)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityLeicestershire County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Leicestershire County Council
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Published history for Leicestershire County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
19.5Bids / Report
14.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 439 active published awards; 436 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityLeicestershire County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published5 May 2023, 11:33 BST
Last source update5 May 2023, 11:33 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth and social work services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF2)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-034b83
What is being bought
This is a notification of award by exception - Local Authorities have primary responsibility as the Supervisory Body under the DoL Safeguards. In operational terms this means that Local Authorities (Supervisory Body's) receive requests from Managing Authorities (residential/nursing homes and hospitals) and are required to organise, complete and respond to requests for authorisations within the mandated deadlines under the DoLS regulations. As part of this the Supervisory Body needs to arrange for a qualified assessor to complete relevant assessments. This process is currently arranged via an approved list of appropriately qualified assessors.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    5 May 2023, 11:33 BST
  2. tender value changed
    14 Oct 2022, 12:12 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    14 Oct 2022, 12:12 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    14 Oct 2022, 12:12 BST
  5. Submission deadline changed to published date
    14 Oct 2022, 12:12 BST
  6. Published value updated to £2,332,000
    28 Jun 2022, 14:14 BST
  7. Status changed to active
    28 Jun 2022, 14:14 BST
  8. Official notice release published
    28 Jun 2022, 14:14 BST
  9. Submission deadline changed to 3 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
    28 Jun 2022, 14:14 BST
  10. Buyer information updated
    28 Jun 2022, 14:14 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This is a notification of award by exception - Local Authorities have primary responsibility as the Supervisory Body under the DoL Safeguards. In operational terms this means that Local Authorities (Supervisory Body's) receive requests from Managing Authorities (residential/nursing homes and hospitals) and are required to organise, complete and respond to requests for authorisations within the mandated deadlines under the DoLS regulations. As part of this the Supervisory Body needs to arrange for a qualified assessor to complete relevant assessments. This process is currently arranged via an approved list of appropriately qualified assessors. The Standing List that is currently used to select a Doctor to undertake an assessment is established as follows: To undertake mental health and eligibility assessments, the Doctor must: Be approved under section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983, or a registered medical practitioner with at least three years’ post-registration experience in the diagnosis or treatment of mental disorder Provide evidence they have completed the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards mental health assessor programme, made available by The Royal College of Psychiatrists Undertake annual update training provided by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and provide evidence of this. Join the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) update service which lets applicants keep their DBS certificates up to date online and allows employers to check a certificate online. Have a current registration with the General Medical council. Comply with the Law for the time being in force and in particular will comply with all Equal Opportunities Legislation and anti-discriminatory practices and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in the supply and provision of the Service under this Agreement. Have attended, or would be prepared to attend, the Supervisory Body’s Training Programme. Leicestershire County Council are open to any suitably qualified professionals joining the list at any point during the period that the list is open
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    5 May 2023, 11:33 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 17 Feb 2023, 00:00 GMT · £900,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
30 Qualified Professionals
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£900,000 · signed 17 Feb 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 30 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Leicestershire County Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1411
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  • Leicestershire County Council
    buyer

    County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester, UKF2, LE3 8RA
    martin.hall@leics.gov.uk
    +44 1163053623

  • 30 Qualified Professionals
    supplier

    Leicestershire, UKF2

  • Leicestershire County Council
    reviewBody

    Glenfield
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleIn the lifetime of the previous Framework we did an engagement event with Doctors to look at introducing a Framework for these Assessments.It was evident that the current cohort of Doctors at that time would not be interested in applying to be on a Framework. Over this period the Government announced changes to the current DOL's BIA assessment process introducing the new LPS standards which where due to introduced in 2020.This has been previously delayed and it is now expected that the new LPS arrangements will be introduced sometime in 2024.The purpose of this exception is to continue under the current arrangement until the guidance is issued for LPS for LCC to understand the new requirements. This current arrangement will end once the Government announce changes to DoLS, and once the details of the new legislation are known, a new procurement can be undertaken. The new procurement may also take place under the Provider Selection Regime, once this legislation goes live and we understand its scope. This legislation may give us further flexibility in terms of how the procurement is undertaken.