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# Provision of Advocacy Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-advocacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b960). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Liverpool City Council: "Provision of Advocacy Services". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £3,660,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Jul 2021, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Liverpool City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/liverpool-city-council-ons-e08000012)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £3,660,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 July 2021 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD72
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b960`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-advocacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b960#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Db86e0204-5f9c-eb11-810c-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-advocacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b960#participate

## Description
The purpose of this procurement is to commission statutory and non-statutory advocacy
services across Liverpool.
The Care Act 2014 places a duty on Local Authorities to involve people in decisions made
about them and their care and support. No matter how complex a person’s needs, Local
Authorities are required to help people express their wishes and feelings, support them in
weighing up their options, and assist them in making their own decisions.
In order to facilitate the involvement and engagement of people who would otherwise have
difficulty, the Care Act 2014 introduced a requirement to arrange independent advocacy for
people,
• Who have substantial difficulty in being involved/ engaged in these processes
• Where there is no one available to help facilitate this involvement and engagement.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Statutory Advocacy Services
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £3,180,000
- **Description:** Liverpool City Council (the Commissioning Authority) for the following statutory services:
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)
• Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
• Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR)
• Care Act Advocacy
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2021 to 30/09/2024

### Lot 2: Non-Statutory Issue Based Advocacy
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £480,000
- **Description:** This service is intended to be non-statutory and not intended to deliver Independent Mental
Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) or Care Act 2014
advocacy. Nor it is intended to deliver the role of the Relevant Person’s...
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2021 to 30/09/2024

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 023962-2021-DN537838-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **N-compass – Towards a Brighter Future**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-06845210`
  - Value: £2,928,047 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 023962-2021-DN537838-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,928,047
  - Signed Date: 24/08/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023962-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-27T14:17:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T09:51:01.105Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b960