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Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) - Adult Advocacy Services

Equal opportunities consultancy services
Guidance and counselling services
Guidance services
+3 more
Location not published
Published value
£1,050,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Swindon Borough Council: "Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) - Adult Advocacy Services". Published status: planning. Published value: £1,050,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySwindon Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1,050,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Swindon Borough Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Swindon 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
12Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 54 active published awards; 8 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySwindon Borough Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published16 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
Last source update16 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationEqual opportunities consultancy services, Guidance and counselling services, Guidance services, Welfare services for disabled people, Welfare services for the elderly, Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b59a
What is being bought
Swindon Borough Council invites you to contribute to preliminary market engagement in relation to Adult Advocacy Services and welcomes the views of providers on the questions set out in the accompanying questionnaire. The purpose of this engagement is to gather feedback from the market to help shape the final service specification and commercial model, ensuring the procurement delivers high-quality, legally compliant, and person-centred advocacy services. Service Overview Swindon Borough Council is seeking to commission a single supplier to deliver a comprehensive Adult Advocacy Service for residents of Swindon. The service will support adults to have their voice heard, rights upheld, and interests represented in line with statutory duties. The provider will be required to deliver a range of advocacy services across multiple legislative frameworks. The commissioned service will include the following components: Required Services The provider may be required to deliver all the following services: 1. Independent Care Act Advocacy (ICAA) Supporting individuals who have substantial difficulty in being involved in Care Act assessments, care planning, reviews, and safeguarding processes, where there is no appropriate person to support them. 2. Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Supporting individuals who lack capacity to make specific decisions and have no appropriate representation, in line with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. 3. Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) Supporting qualifying patients under the Mental Health Act 1983 to understand and exercise their rights. 4. Independent Health Complaints Advocacy (IHCA) Supporting individuals to make complaints about NHS services and navigate the NHS complaints process. 5. Independent Social Care Complaints Advocacy Supporting individuals to raise complaints regarding adult social care services. 6. Rule 1.2 (Rule 3A) Representative Advocacy Providing representation within the Court of Protection where required. 7. Litigation Friend Advocacy Supporting individuals in legal proceedings where a litigation friend is required. 8. Learning Disability Partnership Board Facilitation of the quarterly, face-to-face board.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £1,050,000
    16 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    16 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    16 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    16 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    16 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
  2. Procedure published
    16 Jun 2026, 10:28 BST
  3. engagement
    29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Swindon Borough Council invites you to contribute to preliminary market engagement in relation to Adult Advocacy Services and welcomes the views of providers on the questions set out in the accompanying questionnaire. The purpose of this engagement is to gather feedback from the market to help shape the final service specification and commercial model, ensuring the procurement delivers high-quality, legally compliant, and person-centred advocacy services. Service Overview Swindon Borough Council is seeking to commission a single supplier to deliver a comprehensive Adult Advocacy Service for residents of Swindon. The service will support adults to have their voice heard, rights upheld, and interests represented in line with statutory duties. The provider will be required to deliver a range of advocacy services across multiple legislative frameworks. The commissioned service will include the following components: Required Services The provider may be required to deliver all the following services: 1. Independent Care Act Advocacy (ICAA) Supporting individuals who have substantial difficulty in being involved in Care Act assessments, care planning, reviews, and safeguarding processes, where there is no appropriate person to support them. 2. Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Supporting individuals who lack capacity to make specific decisions and have no appropriate representation, in line with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. 3. Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) Supporting qualifying patients under the Mental Health Act 1983 to understand and exercise their rights. 4. Independent Health Complaints Advocacy (IHCA) Supporting individuals to make complaints about NHS services and navigate the NHS complaints process. 5. Independent Social Care Complaints Advocacy Supporting individuals to raise complaints regarding adult social care services. 6. Rule 1.2 (Rule 3A) Representative Advocacy Providing representation within the Court of Protection where required. 7. Litigation Friend Advocacy Supporting individuals in legal proceedings where a litigation friend is required. 8. Learning Disability Partnership Board Facilitation of the quarterly, face-to-face board.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Swindon Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PNPT-6195-XDWV
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  • Swindon Borough Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PNPT-6195-XDWV
    Swindon Borough Council, Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon, UKK14, SN1 2JH, GB
    VMurrell@swindon.gov.uk
Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published