Official UK procurement notice
Integrated Advocacy Service · Disability Direct for Derby City Council (Dec 2024)
Authority: Derby City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDerby City Council is seeking to appoint a single Service Provider to deliver an Integrated Independent Advocacy Service hub with a single point of entry for anyone who requires and meets the relevant eligibility criteria for statutory advocacy support in Derby, a specialist advocacy service to support the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and for vulnerable adults of working age who are not eligible for statutory advocacy.
The Service provider will deliver a standardised process for the receipt, management & monitoring of advocacy referrals; provide economies of scale and support investment in good quality information, training, and data management systems.
The Service Provider will be expected to work closely with the Council and health partners with a focus on frontline delivery and partnership working.
The initial term is for three years. The contract is estimated to commence 1st April 2025 and expire 31st March 2028. There will be an option to extend the contract for up to a further two years in annual increments, subject to satisfactory performance and business needs. Maximum contract period is, therefore, 5 years.
CPV: Health and social work services · Miscellaneous services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1An Integrated Independent Advocacy Service hub with a single point of entry for anyone…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,161,080
An Integrated Independent Advocacy Service hub with a single point of entry for anyone who requires and meets the relevant eligibility criteria for statutory advocacy support in Derby, a specialist advocacy service to support the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and for vulnerable adults of working age who are not eligible for statutory advocacy.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 50
- Price: 50
- Suitability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where
he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is
in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding
up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar
proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the
legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract
authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the
country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal
provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting
authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section
or h…
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 6 Dec 2024, 10:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2025, 13:15 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
TD2060- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009650- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c2d7Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Derby City Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into.
Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be required from the contact details provided in section 1.1 of this notice.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Si 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court(England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).
Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages. [The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into].
Publisher note: Derby City Council is seeking to appoint a single Service Provider to deliver an Integrated Independent Advocacy Service hub with a single point of entry for anyone who requires and meets the relevant eligibility criteria for statutory advocacy support in Derby, a specialist advocacy service to support the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and for vulnerable adults of working age who are not eligible for statutory advocacy. The Service provider will deliver a standardised process for the receipt, management & monitoring of advocacy referrals; provide economies of scale and support investment in good quality information, training, and data management systems. The Service Provider will be expected to work closely with the Council and health partners with a focus on frontline delivery and partnership working. Service Providers are invited to bid for the contract and in doing so are required to demonstrate their relevant knowledge and experience of having provided similar services previously to those being tendered. Bidders must meet the minimum requirements of the main Selection Questionnaire as detailed in Section 4.3 of Part One - Process Overview document. The initial term is for three years. The contract is estimated to commence 1st April 2025 and expire 31st March 2028. There will be an option to extend the contract for up to a further two years in annual increments, subject to satisfactory performance and business needs. Maximum contract period is, therefore, 5 years. Please note suppliers wishing to express interest and obtain the documentation must do so by 11:30PM on 15/01/2025. It is recommended that you express interest and obtain the documentation well before this time to allow sufficient time to prepare and submit a bid. The deadline for returns is 10am on 16/01/2025. Documents are available at www.eastmidstenders.org Please search for TD2060. Please note: we will only accept expressions of interest through the e-tendering system.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Jan 2025, 23:30 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Jan 2025, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
15 Jan 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline15 Jan 2025, 23:30 GMT
- Bids opened16 Jan 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Notice published17 Mar 2025, 13:15 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Mar 2025- Status changed to complete17 Mar 2025, 13:15 GMT
- Buyer details updated17 Mar 2025, 13:15 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disability DirectSMETD2060 - Integrated Advocacy Service | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
TD2060 - Integrated Advocacy Service · Disability DirectSME
- Signed
- 4 Mar 2025
- Value
- £1,161,080
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Disability DirectAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria