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| Title: | GB-Shrewsbury: AMCV 325 - - Statutory Advocacy and DoLS Personal Representative services for Adults. |
| Notice type: | Competitive Contract Notice |
| Authority: | Shropshire Council |
| Nature of contract: | Not applicable |
| Procedure: | Not applicable |
| Short Description: | Shropshire Council wishes to procure statutory Advocacy and DoLS Personal Representative services for Adults. BACKGROUND The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) places a duty on local authorities to ensure that every person who is deprived of their liberty by the DoLS has to have a Representative. In many cases this is a family member. Where there is no one available to carry out this role the Council must appoint someone. This applies to a wide variety of Service Users (18+) who are being accommodated in hospital or care home in order to receive care or treatment, where the Relevant Person is unable to make this decision for themselves due to an impairment or disturbance in the functioning of their mind or brain. The Care Act (2014) places a duty on local authorities to provide access to independent non- instructed advocacy to those people who do not have appropriate or available representation and have substantial difficulty in being fully involved in their care assessment care & support planning, review and safeguarding processes. The Mental Capacity Act (2005) places a duty on local authorities to provide access to a specialist independent non-instructed advocacy service for a wide variety of Service Users (16+) who are found to be lacking mental capacity due to an impairment or disturbance in the functioning of their mind or brain and does not have appropriate or available representation. The council intends to re-tender the services above in 2 lots as follows: Lot 1 – Volunteer relevant person service under DoLS (VRPR) Lot 2- Care Act Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service (IMCA), Paid Relevant Persons Representative under DoLS (RPR) Bidders can submit tenders for any or both Lots and can be awarded either one or both Lots if successful. The maximum annual budget available for each Lot is as follows: Lot 1 £15,450 per annum Lot 2 £62,250 per annum The contract(s) will commence on 1st October 2024 and will run for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by up to a further 3 x 12-month periods. |
| Published: | 01/08/2024 15:03 |
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1. Title: GB-Shrewsbury: AMCV 325 - - Statutory Advocacy and DoLS Personal Representative services for Adults.
2. Awarding Authority:
Shropshire Council
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1743252992, Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk, URL: www.shropshire.gov.uk
Contact: Procurement Team, Attn: Procurement Team
3. Contract Type: Services
Sub Type: Health and social services.
4. Description: Provision of services to the community. Shropshire Council wishes to procure statutory Advocacy and DoLS Personal Representative services for Adults.
BACKGROUND
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) places a duty on local authorities to ensure that every person who is deprived of their liberty by the DoLS has to have a Representative. In many cases this is a family member. Where there is no one available to carry out this role the Council must appoint someone. This applies to a wide variety of Service Users (18+) who are being accommodated in hospital or care home in order to receive care or treatment, where the Relevant Person is unable to make this decision for themselves due to an impairment or disturbance in the functioning of their mind or brain.
The Care Act (2014) places a duty on local authorities to provide access to independent non- instructed advocacy to those people who do not have appropriate or available representation and have substantial difficulty in being fully involved in their care assessment care & support planning, review and safeguarding processes.
The Mental Capacity Act (2005) places a duty on local authorities to provide access to a specialist independent non-instructed advocacy service for a wide variety of Service Users (16+) who are found to be lacking mental capacity due to an impairment or disturbance in the functioning of their mind or brain and does not have appropriate or available representation.
The council intends to re-tender the services above in 2 lots as follows:
Lot 1 – Volunteer relevant person service under DoLS (VRPR)
Lot 2- Care Act Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service (IMCA), Paid Relevant Persons Representative under DoLS (RPR)
Bidders can submit tenders for any or both Lots and can be awarded either one or both Lots if successful.
The maximum annual budget available for each Lot is as follows:
Lot 1 £15,450 per annum
Lot 2 £62,250 per annum
The contract(s) will commence on 1st October 2024 and will run for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by up to a further 3 x 12-month periods.
5. CPV Codes:
75200000 - Provision of services to the community.
6. NUTS Codes :
UKG22 - Shropshire CC
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: Shropshire CC,
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority: AMCV 325
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category H: 100K to 500K
Currency: GBP
10. Deadline for Expression of Interest: 30/08/2024 12:00:00
11. Address to which they must be sent:
Not Provided
12. Other Information:
Other Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-Shrewsbury:-AMCV-325-----Statutory-Advocacy-and-DoLS-Personal-Representative-services-for-Adults./83F3Y7N7A9
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/83F3Y7N7A9
TKR-202481-PRO-27156116
Suitable for VCO: Yes
Procedure Type:OPEN
Period of Work Start date: 01/10/2024
Period of Work End date: 30/09/2028
Is this a Framework Agreement?: no
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1. Title: GB-Shrewsbury: AMCV 325 - - Statutory Advocacy and DoLS Personal Representative services for Adults.
2. Awarding Authority:
Shropshire Council
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1743252992, Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk, URL: www.shropshire.gov.uk
Contact: Procurement Team, Attn: Procurement Team
3. Contract Type: Services
Sub Type: Health and social services.
4. Description: Provision of services to the community. This is an award notice for a Statutory Advocacy and DoLS Personal Representative services for Adults.
BACKGROUND
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) places a duty on local authorities to ensure that every person who is deprived of their liberty by the DoLS has to have a Representative. In many cases this is a family member. Where there is no one available to carry out this role the Council must appoint someone. This applies to a wide variety of Service Users (18+) who are being accommodated in hospital or care home in order to receive care or treatment, where the Relevant Person is unable to make this decision for themselves due to an impairment or disturbance in the functioning of their mind or brain.
The Care Act (2014) places a duty on local authorities to provide access to independent non- instructed advocacy to those people who do not have appropriate or available representation and have substantial difficulty in being fully involved in their care assessment care & support planning, review and safeguarding processes.
The Mental Capacity Act (2005) places a duty on local authorities to provide access to a specialist independent non-instructed advocacy service for a wide variety of Service Users (16+) who are found to be lacking mental capacity due to an impairment or disturbance in the functioning of their mind or brain and does not have appropriate or available representation.
The council intends to re-tender the services above in 2 lots as follows:
Both lots were awarded to the same bidder:
Lot 1 – Volunteer relevant person service under DoLS (VRPR)
Lot 2- Care Act Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service (IMCA), Paid Relevant Persons Representative under DoLS (RPR)
The maximum annual budget available for each Lot is as follows:
Lot 1 £15,450 per annum
Lot 2 £62,250 per annum
The contract(s) will commence on 1st October 2024 and will run for a period of 4 years with an option to extend by up to a further 3 x 12-month periods.
5. CPV Codes:
75200000 - Provision of services to the community.
6. NUTS Codes :
UKG22 - Shropshire CC
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: Shropshire CC,
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority: AMCV 325
9. Awarded to:
Voiceability
National ID: Voiceability , c/o Sayer Vincent , 110 Golden Lane, London, EC1Y 0TG, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1743253912, Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk
Attn: Procurement Team
Value Cost: 543,900
Is Awardee likely to subcontract?: No Awarded to SME?: No
10. Date of Contract Award: 16/09/2024
11. Number of Tenders Received: 3
12. Other Information:
Other Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=893230807
TKR-2024103-PRO-27906068
Suitable for VCO: Yes
Procedure Type:OPEN
Period of Work Start date: 01/10/2024
Period of Work End date: 30/09/2028