Tender

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: Independent Best Interest Assessor Framework

  • Leicestershire County Council

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-034395

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-051a54 (view related notices)

Published 23 June 2025, 1:27pm

Scope

Reference

DN774144

Description

Leicestershire County Council, on behalf of Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council is undertaking a procurement exercise to appoint suitable providers to a Framework for the provision of the independent Best Interest Assessor (BIA) role under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (Mental Capacity Act 2005).

Commercial tool

Establishes an open framework

Total value (estimated)

  • £3,400,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2029
  • 4 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

Contract locations

  • UKF22 - Leicestershire CC and Rutland

Framework

Open framework scheme end date (estimated)

30 September 2029

Maximum number of suppliers

Unlimited

Maximum percentage fee charged to suppliers

0%

Framework operation description

Please see LCC ITT Doc 1 - DOLS Best Interest Assessor Invitation to Tender

Award method when using the framework

Without competition

Contracting authorities that may use the framework

Establishing party only

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Tender submission deadline

21 July 2025, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

All tenders must be submitted via the ProActis/ProContract e-tendering portal, via East Mids Tenders - https://www.eastmidstenders.org/

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

1 September 2025

Award criteria

This table displays the award criteria of the lot
Name Type
Quality Quality
Price Price

Weighting description

The award criteria will be based on a pass/fail evaluation.

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure

Special regime

Light touch

Contracting authority

Leicestershire County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNHT-9235-VXDV

County Hall

Leicester

LE3 8RA

United Kingdom

Email: Commissioning.Support@leics.gov.uk

Region: UKF22 - Leicestershire CC and Rutland

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government