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Health Watch and Independent Complaints Advocacy Services

Health and social work services
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE31)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Suitable for SMEs
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 20:12 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
1lots
1 lot · 1 published item
1 published CPV family
Decision Velocity
~52 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 52 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
Not published
Budget reduction not calculated
1 award supplier linked
Bidding Competition
3 bids
2 SME bids · 3 electronic
Bid price variance: 100% between lowest & highest
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 85)
Based on 440 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
5.92%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
1 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
52 days
Median time between deadline and award
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
SupplierAwards won in sectorTotal awarded valueAvg. winning discount
Chiltern Healthcare
445 contracts£589,385At ceiling / not disclosed
Various - See Main DescriptionCRN: TBC
402 contracts£1,209,975,884At ceiling / not disclosed
Bellcare Domiciliary Care Services Ltd
300 contracts£232,055At ceiling / not disclosed
Mountbatton Care Limited
251 contracts£779,257At ceiling / not disclosed
Heritage Healthcare Milton Keynes
243 contracts£257,522At ceiling / not disclosed
Emiran HealthCare
228 contracts£251,448At ceiling / not disclosed
Twilight Years LTD
225 contracts£169,325At ceiling / not disclosed
Cumbria View Care Services Ltd
219 contracts£251,097At ceiling / not disclosed
Community Care Direct Limited
202 contracts£597,982At ceiling / not disclosed
St Gregorys Homecare Ltd
180 contracts£212,030At ceiling / not disclosed
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
Advocacy Services for Children, Young People & Adults.Plymouth City Council · 4 Sept 2026, 12:12 BST
£5,000,000
same CPV family
Tender for the Provision of All Age Advocacy Service for Adults and ChildrenLondon Borough of Hounslow · 2 Sept 2026, 14:35 BST
£2,310,000
same CPV family
Independent Adult Advocacy Service - Generic, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) and Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)North East Lincolnshire Borough Council · 4 Sept 2026, 15:01 BST
£1,563,390
same CPV family
Children’s Advocacy and Independent Visitors ServiceSwindon Borough Council · 4 Sept 2026, 11:54 BST
£598,500
same CPV family
Provision of Childrens Rights Advocacy and Independent Visitors ServicesHerefordshire Council · 1 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
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: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: "Health Watch and Independent Complaints Advocacy Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBarnsley Metropolitan Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough 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
5Bids / Report (median)
27.6% of reports have one bid · Mean: 8.6 bids
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
Humankind Charity Top vendor: 0.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 164 active published awards; 156 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
Humankind Charity 2 wins£4,349,863—
Cloverleaf Advocacy 2000 Ltd2 wins£927,597—
Cera Care Operations Limited2 wins£428,333—
Depax Limited1 win£60,304,305—
Optimum Healthcare LTD1 win£60,304,305—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBarnsley Metropolitan Borough 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
Published4 Jan 2024, 12:50 GMT
Last source update4 Jan 2024, 12:50 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth and social work services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE31)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0408b7
What is being bought
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) is looking to recommission its contract for the delivery of an Independent Health Complaints Advocacy (IHCA) Service, which is known in Barnsley as the Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS) and the contract for provision of Healthwatch Barnsley. This procurement has been advertised as one notice, bidders can apply for either of the lots Healthwatch and ICAS service or both services. Both services require to develop close working relationships with the provider for each service. Healthwatch has not been awarded following the procurement process.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    4 Jan 2024, 12:50 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    4 Jan 2024, 12:50 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    4 Jan 2024, 12:50 GMT
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    4 Jan 2024, 12:50 GMT
  5. Published value updated to £975,000
    6 Oct 2023, 16:06 BST
  6. Status changed to active
    6 Oct 2023, 16:06 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    6 Oct 2023, 16:06 BST
  8. Submission deadline changed to 6 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
    6 Oct 2023, 16:06 BST
  9. Buyer information updated
    6 Oct 2023, 16:06 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) is looking to recommission its contract for the delivery of an Independent Health Complaints Advocacy (IHCA) Service, which is known in Barnsley as the Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS) and the contract for provision of Healthwatch Barnsley. This procurement has been advertised as one notice, bidders can apply for either of the lots Healthwatch and ICAS service or both services. Both services require to develop close working relationships with the provider for each service. Healthwatch has not been awarded following the procurement process. Additional information: Healthwatch has not been awarded following the procurement process.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Jan 2024, 12:50 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award unsuccessful
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 2 Jan 2024, 00:00 GMT · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Cloverleaf Advocacy 2000 Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Lot 1 Healthwatch
Not published · Not published · unsuccessful
Contracts
Lot 2 Independent Complaints Advocacy Services
Not published · signed 2 Jan 2024, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 3 (lot 1)
highestValidBidValue: 225000 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 2 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-33275
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  • Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
    buyer

    N/A
    Town Hall, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UKE31, S70 2TA
    katietomlinson@barnsley.gov.uk
    +44 0126000000

  • Cloverleaf Advocacy 2000 Ltd
    supplier

    N/A
    5th Floor, Empire House, Wakefield Road, Dewsbury, WF12 8DJ, Dewsbury, UKE44, WF12 8DJ
    emma.kleinfeldt@cloverleaf-advocacy.co.uk

  • High Court of Justice
    mediationBody

    The Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand,, London, WC2A 2LL

  • The High Court of Justice
    reviewBody

    The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

  • The High Court of Justice
    reviewContactPoint

    The Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand,, London, WC2A 2LL
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