Procurement

ASC25086 Advocacy Services for Adults

  • Worcestershire County Council
  • NHS HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-051344

Description

Worcestershire County Council (the Council) and the NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board (the ICB) are jointly seeking a supplier to deliver a countywide advocacy service in Worcestershire.

This includes:

• Care Act Advocacy

• Complaints Advocacy for NHS and Adult Social Care

• Independent Mental Health Advocacy for all ages (IMHA)

• Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and Relevant Person Representative (RPR)

• Continuing Health Care Advocacy

In accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, the Council has chosen to use a Competitive Flexible procedure for this above-threshold contract to ensure fair competition while maintaining proportionality.

This procedure will be conducted in three (3) stages:

Stage 1 - Conditions of Participation

Stage 2 - Quality and Price

Stage 3 - Presentations

Notices

UK4: Tender notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-037297
Published
4 July 2025, 9:40am

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-023545
Published
21 May 2025, 9:00am

UK1: Pipeline notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-021327
Published
14 May 2025, 2:41pm