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# FEW1510 - Provision of Adults Social Care Services For Best Interests Assessors Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/few1510-provision-of-adults-social-care-services-for-best-interests-assessors-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05e543). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Leicester City Council: "FEW1510 - Provision of Adults Social Care Services For Best Interests Assessors Service". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Leicester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leicester-city-council-ons-e06000016)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKF21
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £118,849 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/few1510-provision-of-adults-social-care-services-for-best-interests-assessors-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05e543#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e543`

## 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/few1510-provision-of-adults-social-care-services-for-best-interests-assessors-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05e543#tl-md)

## Description
This is a below threshold direct award under the Light Touch Regime, on the basis of Schedule 5 (7), continuity of service whilst an existing procurement is concluding.
The Best Interest Assessors (BIA) service is a required statutory function under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. It is therefore unavoidable for the local authority not to provide this service. 
The service assists the Council to deliver their statutory responsibilities, as outlined in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and subsequent Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, to ensure that where a decision to deprive someone of their liberty is required it is made lawfully and based on relevant best practice, guidance and case law. 
This is a partly retrospective Direct Award commencing from April 2025 - November 2025 with the option to extend up to February 2026. However, as this is a statutory requirement, the Direct Award was required to ensure compliance whilst the new contract is being mobilised and due to commence.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** FEW1510 - Provision of Adults Social Care Services For Best Interests Assessors Service (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Action First Assessments Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185562`
  - Value: £118,849 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F075588-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-20T11:51:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T22:55:25.979Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e543