Tender

Understanding and Managing Waits Timescales for DoLS

  • IMPROVEMENT & DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-062994

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05a9d6 (view related notices)

Published 7 October 2025, 4:05pm

Scope

Description

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) have been flagged as a concern for some councils from CQC assessment.

Alongside assessment and support waiting times, DoLS waiting times are a focus of the CQC assurance process and provides indicators in relation to the quality of experience of people requiring care and support from a council and those with more complex needs.

The nationally published DoLS annual data collection evidence where waiting lists are longest, and where councils have the highest number of people waiting for over a year.

This piece of work will offer expert support to councils who would like to further develop their DoLS processes and improve timescales.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-UK-London:-Health-and-social-work-services.:-Health-and-social-work-services./8CP25X43DA

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/8CP25X43DA

Total value (estimated)

  • £30,000 excluding VAT
  • £36,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 6 November 2025 to 6 March 2026
  • Possible extension to 5 June 2026
  • 7 months

Description of possible extension:

The buyer is entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the contract period on the same terms for a further period or periods of up to six months

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Participation

Particular suitability

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

Submission

Enquiry deadline

14 October 2025, 5:00pm

Tender submission deadline

3 November 2025, 4:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Type Weighting
Quality Quality 90%
price Price 10%

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition

Contracting authority

IMPROVEMENT & DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPLL-6427-QNDD

Local Government House, 18 Smith Square

UK-London: Health and social work services.

SW1P 3HZ

United Kingdom

Contact name: Amor Sealey-Davis

Telephone: 07920 559143

Email: amor.sealey-davis@local.gov.uk

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)