Official UK procurement notice
Integrated Advocacy Services · Liverpool City Council (Apr 2026)
Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLiverpool City Council commissions an Integrated Advocacy Service to provide a comprehensive portfolio of statutory and non-statutory advocacy provision, including Independent Health Complaints Advocacy (IHCA). The service is required to support the Council in meeting its statutory obligations under the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and Mental Health Act 1983, ensuring eligible individuals receive independent
advocacy as mandated.
In addition to statutory functions, the service will deliver flexible, non-statutory, issue based advocacy to address unmet need, ensuring that individuals who do not meet formal eligibility criteria can still access proportionate, independent, and person-centred support.
The service will enable individuals to express their views, wishes, and preferences, safeguard their rights, and actively participate in decision-making processes that affect their lives. Particular focus will be given to individuals who experience substantial difficulty
in understanding, retaining, or communicating information, and who lack an appropriate person to support their involvement. The provider will ensure advocacy interventions are independent, tailored, and outcome-focused, promoting inclusion, equity of access, and improved wellbeing.
CPV: Guidance and counselling services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,707,890
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 (3)
- Quality: 70%
- Cost: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: Full details of the requirements and evaluation methodology can be seen in the submission documents
- Cost: Bidders are required to submit their detailed price schedule. Bids must remain within the stated budget.
- Social Value: Bidders will be required to offer commitments against a number of measures in line with the national TOM's Social Value Framework.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,852,676 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Liverpool City Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
Liverpool City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in North West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North West England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 58 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid9% / 21%
2–350% / 40%
4–636% / 21%
7+5% / 19%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate36% / 22%
Within ±2%50% / 78%
Above estimate14% / 0%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8531Published estimate£3.7m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid24%
2–338%
4–632%
7+5%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 39 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£3.7m
Estimate£3.7m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| N-Compass Towards A Brighter Future LtdWorked for this buyer | Provision of Advocacy Servicesnotice published Sept 2021 | Statutory Advocacy Services | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £13m13 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 8 live · £8.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=13 | |
| £12m13 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 3 live · £9.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 | |
| £10m7 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 3 live · £6.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 | |
| £14m14 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | 7 live · £12m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=8 | |
POhWERLarge | £14m10 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 5 live · £6.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=10 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Apr 2026, 12:35 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2026, 10:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
DN813372- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097763- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06853cFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
17 Apr 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published188 days ago17 Apr 2026, 12:35 BST
- Market engagement178 days ago · met27 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Liverpool City Council will shortly be going to market to recommission our Integrated Advocacy Services for Liverpool.
To register an interest in attending the event please complete the Microsoft form: forms.office.com/e/JWxAYmD201 ↗
We look forward to seeing as many organisations as possible there, who want to hear more about our plans for Advocacy services in Liverpool.
- Next notice expected22 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published6 days ago16 Oct 2026, 10:18 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 18 days9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 25 days16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 62 days23 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 160 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
12 events · 8 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2026- Pipeline notice published17 Apr 2026, 12:35 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Apr 2026, 12:47 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published17 Apr 2026, 12:50 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published22 May 2026, 09:43 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 May 2026, 09:48 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published22 May 2026, 10:49 BSTUK3
- Deadline published: 28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST22 May 2026, 10:49 BST
- Planned procurement notice published17 Sept 2026, 10:42 BSTUK3
- Deadline moved to 4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT17 Sept 2026, 10:42 BST+68 days · was 28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2026, 10:18 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active16 Oct 2026, 10:18 BST
- Deadline moved to 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT16 Oct 2026, 10:18 BST+12 days · was 4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Published amendments (4)
Amendment to proposed contract end dates.
The title of the procurement has changed due to a new delivery model approach. As a result, the description of the procurement has changed to reflect the new delivery model approach. The dates have been amended to reflect the new tender publication and contract award dates for transparency.
The Procurement title and scope has changed as a result of a revised delivery model. The contract dates and tender publication dates have been updated for the purposes of transparency.
Updated timescales for tender publication
Routine re-releases (8)
- 2026-05: 2 releases · 22 May 2026, 22 May 2026
- 2026-04: 3 releases · 17 Apr 2026, 17 Apr 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender