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# Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Assessments

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> **Notice summary:** The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) provide a legal framework for the deprivation of liberty for people who lack the mental capacity to make decisions about their accommodation and care arrangements themselves. They apply to people who are in hospital or residential/nursing care (the managing authority) and who are subject to restrictions and restraints in their lives, for example, not being free to leave or requiring continual supervision. Assessors will be required to visit the relevant person requiring assessment in their care setting, which may be a hospital ward, care home or nursing home, in order to conduct a face-to-face assessment. The Provider will be required to manage the assessments from the point at which ECC allocates the assessment to the point where ECC considers authorization. Published lot titles: 125 DoLS Assessments; 125 DoLS Assessments.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Published Value:** £3,933,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 July 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/deprivation-of-liberty-safeguards-dols-assessments-ocds-h6vhtk-046f7c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-046f7c`

## 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/deprivation-of-liberty-safeguards-dols-assessments-ocds-h6vhtk-046f7c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/deprivation-of-liberty-safeguards-dols-assessments-ocds-h6vhtk-046f7c#participate

## Description
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) provide a legal framework for the deprivation of liberty for people who lack the mental capacity to make decisions about their accommodation and care arrangements themselves. They apply to people who are in hospital or residential/nursing care (the managing authority) and who are subject to restrictions and restraints in their lives, for example, not being free to leave or requiring continual supervision.
Essex County Council requires the provision of 125 assessments per month to establish whether a person in hospital, care home or nursing home requires Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisation.
Assessors will be required to visit the relevant person requiring assessment in their care setting, which may be a hospital ward, care home or nursing home, in order to conduct a face-to-face assessment.
The Provider will be required to manage the assessments from the point at which ECC allocates the assessment to the point where ECC considers authorization. The Provider will also be required to quality check the assessments before they are submitted to ECC for authorisation.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: 125 DoLS Assessments
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £1,966,500

### Lot 2: 125 DoLS Assessments
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £1,966,500

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021397-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-12T10:19:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-03T15:13:30.988Z
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