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# Teesside Advocacy Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/teesside-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-036be2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Stockton on Tees Borough Council: "Teesside Advocacy Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Stockton on Tees Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/stockton-on-tees-borough-council-ons-e06000004)
- **Published Value:** £2,400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 November 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC1, UKC11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/teesside-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-036be2#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-036be2`

## 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/teesside-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-036be2#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/teesside-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-036be2#participate

## Description
Contract for the delivery of advocacy services across Teesside (Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees). The advocacy services to be offered are:
• Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA);
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA);
• Care Act Advocacy (CAA);
• Paid Relevant Person's Representative (RPR); and
• Non-Statutory (General) Advocacy.
The contractor is responsible for setting up and managing a central 'hub' through which all referrals and requests for advocacy will be directed and coordinated across a supply chain of sub-contracted additional advocacy providers. The contractor is responsible for ensuring there is sufficient capacity to meet all of the relevant advocacy demands of people living in the area.
The successful tenderer will be required to manage the changes anticipated with the proposed Liberty Protection Safeguards in regards to the advocacy services required as a result.
This contract is being let by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, and Middlesbrough Council, with Stockton acting as the lead commissioner.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £2,400,000
- **Description:** An Open procurement procedure was published for the below services.
Contract for the delivery of advocacy services across Teesside (Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees). The advocacy services to be offered are:
• Independent Mental...
- **Contract Period:** 30/04/2023 to 30/04/2026

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 006173-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **People First Advocacy Services**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-CHC:1184112`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 006173-2023-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 30/01/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006173-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-02T13:50:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T07:19:43.523Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-036be2