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# Independent Advocacy Service for Adults with Health and Social Care Needs

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-advocacy-service-for-adults-with-health-and-social-care-needs-ocds-h6vhtk-042e79). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Westmorland and Furness Council: "Independent Advocacy Service for Adults with Health and Social Care Needs". Published status: complete. Published Value: £858,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Feb 2024, 13:30 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Westmorland and Furness Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/westmorland-and-furness-council-ons-e06000064)
- **Published Value:** £858,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 February 2024 at 13:30 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,430,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042e79`

## 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/independent-advocacy-service-for-adults-with-health-and-social-care-needs-ocds-h6vhtk-042e79#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-advocacy-service-for-adults-with-health-and-social-care-needs-ocds-h6vhtk-042e79#participate

## Description
Westmorland and Furness Council came into being on 1st April 2023. It is England’s third largest unitary authority by geographical area, and it’s more sparsely populated this presents challenges in terms of sustaining and delivering services and requires innovating approaches and continuous improvement.
The Council cares and believes everyone matters and will strive to ensure that citizens can gain access to the right service, in the right place at the right time.
Local authorities have a responsibility to ensure the provision of professional independent advocacy under the terms of:
• The Care Act 2014 and the Care and Support Statutory Guidance for
independent advocates for people using social care services.
• The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its Code of Practice for independent mental
capacity act advocates.
• Mental Health Act 1983 and its Code of Practice for independent mental
capacity act advocates.
Best practice guidance (NICE 2022) states that advocacy providers should aim to support continuity by offering people the same advocate for different types of Advocacy. If this is not possible, they should ensure that systems for handover are in place that are not reliant on a new referral.
Local authorities must make appropriate arrangements for independent advocacy services to provide assistance to people making or intending to make complaints as described in the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £858,000
- **Description:** Westmorland and Furness Council came into being on 1st April 2023. It is England’s third largest unitary authority by geographical area, and it’s more sparsely populated this presents challenges in terms of sustaining and delivering services and requ...
- **Contract Period:** 31/05/2024 to 31/05/2027

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 019006-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **N-COMPASS TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-06845210`
  - Value: £1,430,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 019006-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,430,000
  - Signed Date: 12/05/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019006-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-20T10:06:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T11:18:33.213Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042e79