Published date: 12 June 2024

Last edited date: 12 July 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 17 July 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1,966,500 to £3,933,000

Procurement reference

ECC001-DN726336-66217485

Published date

12 June 2024

Closing date

17 July 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

8 August 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) provide a legal framework for the deprivation of liberty for people who lack the mental capacity to make decisions about their accommodation and care arrangements themselves. They apply to people who are in hospital or residential/nursing care (the managing authority) and who are subject to restrictions and restraints in their lives, for example, not being free to leave or requiring continual supervision.

Essex County Council requires the provision of 250 assessments per month to establish whether a person in hospital, care home or nursing home requires Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisation. The award will be split into two lots of 125 assessments monthly between the two highest ranked providers.

Assessors will be required to visit the relevant person requiring assessment in their care setting, which may be a hospital ward, care home or nursing home, in order to conduct a face-to-face assessment.

The Provider will be required to manage the assessments from the point at which ECC allocates the assessment to the point where ECC considers authorization. The Provider will also be required to quality check the assessments before they are submitted to ECC for authorisation.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Deprivation of Living Safeguards (DoLS) Assessments

  • Opportunity
  • Published 12 June 2024

Links

Additional text

The procurement documents may be downloaded from the Authority's e-procurement portal (ProContract)

About the buyer

Contact name

Rizwan Sher

Address

County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
United Kingdom

Email

rizwan.sher@essex.gov.uk

Website

https://www.essex.gov.uk/