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Published 21 May 2025, 13:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Independent Best Interest Assessors 2025

Official notice

Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire Council (Local council)

Dynamic marketServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE12)

Planned pipeline value£2,503,200pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice

Market period 2 yrsends 7 Nov 2027 · up to 7 Nov 2030 with extensions · starts 6 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this service is to ensure the East Riding of Yorkshire Council fulfils its statutory responsibility to operate and manage Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. This will be achieved through the provision of Best Interest Assessors, on an open Framework Agreement, who will be invited to undertake DoLS assessments for the purpose of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 on behalf of vulnerable adults across the East Riding of Yorkshire, and occasionally out of county.

CPV: Health and social work services

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice

Type: Dynamic market
Market period: 2 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 6 Nov 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE

Contract period: 6 Nov 2025 – 7 Nov 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 7 Nov 2030 with extensions

Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Extensions: Extension options published

85000000 Health and social work services

What it takes to win
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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 more

What this means for your bid

“Independent Best Interest Assessors 2025” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Light touch regime
Commercial structure: Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement: Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 21 May 2025, 13:14 BST
Last source update: 21 May 2025, 13:14 BST
Authority reference: BMC1017-25
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-023856
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Health and social work services
Delivery area: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE12)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051a9a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Admission period ends: —

Timeline

21 May 2025 → 6 Nov 2025 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
21 May 2025, 13:14 BST
Tender notice expected
1 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
Contract starts359 days ago
6 Nov 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
21 May 2025, 13:14 BST
UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZQH-9124-TMLN County Hall, Cross Street,, Beverley, Yorkshire & Humber, HU17 9BAContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender21 May 2025, 13:14 BST