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Wirral Advocacy Hub

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BuyerWirral Council
StatusOpen
Deadline23 Sept 2026
Value£1,810,000
Published24 Aug 2026

What is being bought

The Council is seeking to appoint a single organisation, or a consortium to provide a range of statutory and non-statutory advocacy support via a Wirral Advocacy Hub. This contract is for the delivery of statutory social care and mental health advocacy services in Wirral. The contract also includes non-statutory advocacy services where they are linked to Care Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act support and a requirement to promote and develop self-advocacy and peer advocacy. Further information about Wirral is available here: • Wirral Knowledge Hub - Home - Wirral Health and Wellbeing Knowledge Hub • Wirral JSNA Interactive Report - Microsoft Power BI • Wirral Health and Wellbeing Strategy - 209_healthandwellbeingstrategy_v9.pdf • Wirral Council Plan 2023-2027 - Council Plan | wirral.gov.uk It is anticipated that service provision will adapt and align with Wirral Council's wider transformation programme over the next 5 years, with its shift to an early intervention and prevention focus across all Council activities. This work is led by Adult Social Care and Public Health who are formulating a new Early Intervention and Prevention Strategy. At its heart will be the delivery of outcome-based results. The full scope and specification can be found in the tender documentation.

Delivery location

UKD7, GB

Categories

Social work and related services 85300000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£1,810,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical / Quality Assessment — A series of questions designed to assess the service provision proposed and its suitability in relation to the specification provided (60%)
Social Value — To assess tenderers capacity and capability in relation to their proposed commitment to Social Value (10%)
Cost / Commercial Element — Pricing Schedule designed to assess tenderers commercial proposal. (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Social work and related servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Social work and related services (85300000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8517,4181 median · 31.4 average (8,237 of 17,418 with a bid count)2 average (9,175 of 17,418 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer17Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD7981 median · 3.2 average (73 of 98 with a bid count)2.3 average (75 of 98 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)7394 median · 8.9 average (30 of 739 with a bid count)1.5 average (31 of 739 with named award suppliers)3 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£1,177,585 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £1,810,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06bdf4
Latest release ID080567-2026
Latest release timestampMon Aug 24 2026 16:14:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080567-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-23T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-15T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-29T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailsTender submissions must be made via the The Chest portal https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ The tender document and any additional information are accessible via The Chest portal, https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ to participate in this exercise please register your interest in the opportunity. Should you have any questions relating to the tender document please raise them via the 'messaging' section on the portal.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,810,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Aug 2026tender080567-2026
26 Jun 2026planning060231-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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