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title: "SCC-JM Independent Expert Assessment Service DPS"
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# SCC-JM Independent Expert Assessment Service DPS

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/scc-jm-independent-expert-assessment-service-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-0450cf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Surrey County Council: "SCC-JM Independent Expert Assessment Service DPS". Published status: active. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Jul 2029, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 1014 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Surrey County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/surrey-county-council-ons-e10000030)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 July 2029 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0450cf`

## 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/scc-jm-independent-expert-assessment-service-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-0450cf#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com%2FAccount%2FLogin%3Fcid%3Dsurreycc%23)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/scc-jm-independent-expert-assessment-service-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-0450cf#participate

## Description
Surrey County Council (SCC) wishes to establish a ‘Light Touch’ Dynamic Purchasing
System (DPS) for the supply of services in respect of Independent Expert Assessment
Services for an initial period of 3 years + with optional further extension provisions for an
additional 2 years (total term of 5 years).
The contract is divided into 3 Lots and sub-lots under Lot 1:
Lot 1: Assessments Completed by Expert Witnesses
• Lot 1a: Assessments completed by Independent Social Workers (ISWs)
• Lot 1b: Assessments completed Psychologists
• Lot 1c: Assessments completed by Psychiatrists
• Lot 1d: Assessments completed by All Other Experts
Lot 2: Special Guardianship Order (SGO) Assessments
Lot 3: Multi-disciplinary / Community Assessments
Bidders are invited to apply for one lot or sub-lot or multiple lots or sub-lot(s)

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Assessments Completed by Expert Witnesses
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Expert Witnesses are required to provide high quality, evidence based assessments and reports for children, adolescents, and adults to help inform child protection and care planning decision-making.
This Lot 1 is further divided into sub-lots:
Lot 1a...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Special Guardianship Order (SGO) Assessments
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Qualified Social Workers are required to undertake high quality, evidence-based Special Guardianship Order (SGO) Assessments on behalf of SCC, in locations across the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). Assessments are to ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Multi-disciplinary / Community Assessments
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** This service may be requested by the court with a stipulated package of support undertaken in the family home and / or in the family’s local community, over a period of an agreed number of weeks.
The support may include regular planned appointments a...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020562-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-05T10:52:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T04:26:30.360Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0450cf