Official UK procurement notice
Tameside Independent Advocacy Service
Authority: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
This service is to ensure advocacy provision in the borough is person-centred and flexible and that an individual's need for advocacy, including IMHA, IMCA and additional roles through the MCA, Care Act and NHS Complaints, can be met via a single referral by experienced advocates trained accordingly.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis service is to ensure advocacy provision in the borough is person-centred and flexible and that an individual's need for advocacy, including IMHA, IMCA and additional roles through the MCA, Care Act and NHS Complaints, can be met via a single referral by experienced advocates trained accordingly
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 5 Jul 2034, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£278,995
What it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 90%
- Pricing: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: Technical questions will be weighted by percentage as per the documentation
- Pricing: Pricing will be weighted by percentage as per the documentation
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £111,476 (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 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
How the contest usually goes
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 39 days of the bid deadline.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid14% / 24%
2–357% / 33%
4–60% / 24%
7+29% / 18%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate11% / 28%
Within ±2%89% / 63%
Above estimate0% / 10%
Assess each lot i
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 85Published estimate£279k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid24%
2–345%
4–611%
7+21%
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Based on 315 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£279k
Estimate£279k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| VoicabilityLive contract | Independent Advocacy Serviceruns to Jul 2027 | — | £760k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Advocacy FocusWorked for this buyer | Children's Rights and Advocacyruns to Sept 2027 | — | £120k | Similar wording and category |
| ICARE SOLUTIONS STOCKPORT LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | Mental Health Community Supportruns to Mar 2031 | — | £1.4m | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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VoicabilitySME | — | 1 live · £760k i | no comparable pairs |
| £15m14 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 3 live · £9.2m i | at estimate n=6 | |
| £13m13 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 9 live · £12m i | at estimate n=13 | |
| £120k1 award in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=2 | |
Barnardo'sLarge | £157m82 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 32 live · £87m i | at estimate n=38 |
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
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What this replaces i
76% title match.
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76% title match.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (76% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Independent Advocacy Service — held by Voicability; the published contract ends 6 Jul 2027.
Coming up in this sector
Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set
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
- Yes · next expected 5 Jul 2034
- First published
- 30 Sept 2026, 10:30 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Oct 2026, 10:51 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
DN831208- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103062- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d33Find 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
- 2 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
30 Sept 2026 → 6 Jul 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published45 days ago30 Sept 2026, 10:30 BST
- Market engagement31 days ago14 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
Soft Market Testing to be conducted. All submissions need to be via The Chest under Ref: DN831208
- Tender notice published15 days ago30 Oct 2026, 10:51 GMT
- Next notice expected11 days ago2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today14 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 3 days18 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 17 days2 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 80 days2 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 233 days6 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Sept 2026, 10:30 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published30 Oct 2026, 10:51 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £278,99530 Oct 2026, 10:51 GMT
- Status changed to active30 Oct 2026, 10:51 GMT
- Procurement method changed30 Oct 2026, 10:51 GMT
- Deadline published: 2 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT30 Oct 2026, 10:51 GMT
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 (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender