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Advocacy Services for Adults

Guidance and counselling services
Guidance services
Health and social work services
+4 more
Wales (UKL23)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published2
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Suitable for SMEs
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 19:58 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
2lots
2 lots · 2 published items
2 published CPV families
Decision Velocity
~48 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 48 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£1,269,050
Contract/award value: £1,269,050
2 award suppliers linked
Bidding Competition
3 bids
3 SME bids · 3 electronic
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 85)
Based on 36,437 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
5.15%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
1 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
48 days
Median time between deadline and award
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Evidence coverage
8/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
Published procedurePublished valueMatching evidence
Unpaid Carers ServicesFlintshire County Council · 27 May 2025, 13:24 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
same region
matching published text
BCU-FCONC-64071 - Echocardiography Service - InsourcingBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board · 7 Sept 2026, 16:24 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
same region
Advocacy Services: Lot 1 – Children’s Advocacy, Independent Visitors & Care Leavers Services and Lot 2 - Adult’s Advocacy Service. Ref.: I-1841Oxfordshire County Council · 26 Jun 2024, 11:46 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
matching published text
Provision of Independent Professional Advocacy Service for Adults in PowysPowys County Council · 3 Apr 2024, 16:57 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
matching published text
Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) - Adult Advocacy ServicesSwindon Borough Council · 16 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
£1,050,000
same CPV family
matching published text
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Flintshire County Council: "Advocacy Services for Adults". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityFlintshire County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Flintshire County Council
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Flintshire County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3Bids / Report (median)
25% of reports have one bid · Mean: 3.8 bids
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Action for ChildrenTop vendor: 42.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 24 active published awards; 24 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
Action for Children2 wins£2,025,449—
Y Teulu Cyfan1 win£1,500,000—
Advocacy Services North East Wales Ltd1 win£1,029,382—
Advance Brighter Futures1 win£239,668—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityFlintshire County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published23 Feb 2024, 10:41 GMT
Last source update23 Feb 2024, 10:41 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationGuidance and counselling services, Guidance services, Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services, Social work and related services, Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
Delivery area
Wales (UKL23)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03e4d7
What is being bought
This tender is for a joint contract with Flintshire County Council and Wrexham County Borough Council to provide advocacy services across both Flintshire and Wrexham local authority areas. The tender is split into 2 lots. Lot 1 is for Independent Professional Advocacy services, as well as community advocacy services for those ineligible for statutory advocacy services. Lot 2 is for Self Advocacy and Group Facilitation within both areas. Both contracts will run for 3 years with an option to extend for 1 further year.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Feb 2024, 10:41 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    23 Feb 2024, 10:41 GMT
  3. Submission deadline changed to published date
    23 Feb 2024, 10:41 GMT
  4. Status changed to active
    24 Jul 2023, 15:49 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    24 Jul 2023, 15:49 BST
  6. Submission deadline changed to 25 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
    24 Jul 2023, 15:49 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    24 Jul 2023, 15:49 BST
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Independent Professional Advocacy Services for adults over the age of eighteen and Community Advocacy for adults over the age of eighteen.
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Lot 1 is for Independent Professional Advocacy services, as well as community advocacy services for those ineligible for statutory advocacy services.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Self Advocacy Training and Groups
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Lot 2 is for Self Advocacy and Group Facilitation within both areas.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    23 Feb 2024, 10:41 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 3 Jan 2024, 00:00 GMT · £1,029,382
  5. Contract active
    Signed 18 Dec 2023, 00:00 GMT · £239,668
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Advocacy Services North East Wales Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Advance Brighter Futures
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Independent Professional Advocacy Services for adults over the age of eighteen and Community Advocacy for adults over the age of eighteen.
£1,029,382 · signed 3 Jan 2024, 00:00 GMT · active
Self Advocacy Training and Groups
£239,668 · signed 18 Dec 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 3 (lot 1)
smeBids: 3 (lot 1)
bids: 2 (lot 2)
electronicBids: 2 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 2 (lot 2)
smeBids: 2 (lot 2)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Flintshire County Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-753
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  • Flintshire County Council
    buyer

    County Hall, Mold, Flintshire, UKL23, CH7 6NA
    [email protected]
    +44 1352704023

  • Wrexham County Borough Council
    buyer

    Commissioning Procurement and Contract Management Unit, Lampbit Street, Wrexham, UKL23, LL11 1AR
    [email protected]
    +44 1978292807

  • Advance Brighter Futures
    supplier

    3 Belmont Road, Wrexham, UKL23, LL137PW
    +44 1978364777

  • Advocacy Services North East Wales Ltd
    supplier

    1st Floor Offices, 42 High Street, Mold, UKL23, CH71BH
    +44 1352759332

  • High Court
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079477501
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