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title: "ESCC - CL East Sussex Advocacy Service"
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# ESCC - CL East Sussex Advocacy Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/escc-cl-east-sussex-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0498b4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Sussex County Council: "ESCC - CL East Sussex Advocacy Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,760,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Oct 2024, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [East Sussex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-sussex-county-council-ons-e10000011)
- **Published Value:** £1,760,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 October 2024 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services, Health and social work services, Health services, Miscellaneous health services, Other community, social and personal services (+4 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,760,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/escc-cl-east-sussex-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0498b4#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0498b4`

## 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/escc-cl-east-sussex-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0498b4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/escc-cl-east-sussex-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0498b4#participate

## Description
Award of an East Sussex Advocacy Service that will support the delivery of Statutory and Non-Statutory Advocacy requirements, namely Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) and Care Act Advocacy to Adults and Children, and Independent Advocacy for Adults.
Provision of this service will ensure the Council’s statutory requirements are met. Key relevant legislation that applies to the delivery of this service are the Mental Health Act 1983, the Care Act 2014 (Adults) and Care Act 2014 (Children & Young People).
All advocacy requirements will be addressed through a single contract with a single point of
access, which will cover the following areas:
Care Act Advocacy (Children & Young People or CYP)
Care Act Advocacy (Adults)
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (Adults)
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (CYP)
Non-Statutory Independent Advocacy (Adults)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85100000, 85140000, 85300000, 85310000, 85312000, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2025 to 

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 001495-2025-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Swan Advocacy Network operating as SWAN**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-135232`
  - Value: £1,760,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 001495-2025-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,760,000
  - Signed Date: 20/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001495-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-16T12:43:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T14:11:38.861Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0498b4