Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
South Tyneside Council
Town Hall
SOUTH SHIELDS
NE332RL
Contact
Karen Dixon
karen.dixon@southtyneside.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1914244052
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC22 - Tyneside
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Advocacy Service for Adults
Reference number
S8277
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The service to be provided is an advocacy service for adults, which includes the following types of advocacy support:
• Care Act Advocacy
• Independent Mental Health Advocacy
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy
• NHS Complaints Advocacy
• Relevant Person's Representatives
• Rule 1.2 Representatives
• General Advocacy
The annual block contract value of the contract is £400,000 plus inflation to be applied prior to contract award, reviewable in accordance with the Service Agreement.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £2,800,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC22 - Tyneside
Main site or place of performance
South Tyneside
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement is undertaken under Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (also known as the "light touch" regime). The process adopted uses the primary methodology of an open tender, but the Council reserves the right to make such adjustments as are required to facilitate the process. The Council will ensure that the tender process is, and will remain, fair and transparent.
Suppliers will be required to express interest in this opportunity on the Open E-Procurement system. If not already registered on Open please register at the following link: https://open-uk.org/. Suppliers will then be granted access to the tender documentation - Project #OPEN202550. Please note that registering on Open and expressing interest does not mean that you have bid for the tender - once the above steps are complete you will be required to download, complete and submit the tender documentation.
It is the Council's view that TUPE applies to this procurement and relevant information is provided within the Tender documents.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £2,800,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
Start date
1 September 2025
End date
31 August 2030
two.2.14) Additional information
There is an option to extend by 2 periods of 12 months.
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria
Full details of the Conditions for Participation are contained within the tender pack.
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Bidders will be required to have, or be willing to obtained within Year 1 of the Contract Term, the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.11) Main features of the award procedure
The Annual block Contract Price has been set by the Council. Award will be based on 100% quality. Full details of the assessment is contained within the tender pack.
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
13 March 2025
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English