Official UK procurement notice
Independent Advocacy Services for adults
Authority: London Borough of Merton (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvide Advocacy Services for customers within the London Borough of Merton with out of Borough advocacy to be provided when needed.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1To provide advocacy support to vulnerable adults who are residents within and outside…Awarded
To provide advocacy support to vulnerable adults who are residents within and outside of London Borough of Merton to assist them to understand and exercise their legal rights towards independence and social inclusion.
The services that the Provider will be expected to deliver are;
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA): Independent mental capacity advocates represent people who lack capacity to make decisions about serious medical treatment, the provision of or change of accommodation, where there are no relatives or friends to act on their behalf.
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA): Independent mental health advocates (IMHAs) aim to enable residents to participate in decisions about their care and treatment.
Care Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Relevant Persons Representative (RPR).
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Staffing: 5%
- Delivery: 5%
- Outcomes: 5%
- Accessibility and Compliance: 5%
- Contract and Performance Management: 15%
- price: 60%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (7)
- Staffing: 5
- Delivery: 5
- Outcomes: 5
- Accessibility and Compliance: 5
- Contract and Performance Management: 15
- Social Value: 5
- Price: 60
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Sept 2024, 12:16 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2024, 15:59 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Oct 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN744001- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040652- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049c35Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
18 Oct 2024 → 17 Dec 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline18 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened18 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published17 Dec 2024, 15:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 Dec 2024, 15:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VoiceAbilitySME | £822,640 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 040652-2024-1 · VoiceAbilitySME
- Signed
- 17 Dec 2024
- Value
- £822,640
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Court of JusticeReview body
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- VoiceAbilityAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.