Official UK procurement notice
Advocacy Services for Brent and Harrow
Authority: London Borough of Brent (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Brent (the Council) is inviting tenderers to bid in this competition for the award of the Advocacy Service. Brent Council is also undertaking this procurement on behalf of the London Borough of Harrow for the commissioning of statutory advocacy services, including Care Act Advocacy, Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) and the Relevant Person's Paid Representative (RPPR).
Advocacy is available to Individuals who lack capacity, understanding of complex legislation and need support for their voice to be heard and their preferences to be known with regards to their care and medical treatments or where they live.
Each Council will hold an individual contract for the term of three years and a potential single 2 year extension (totalling 5 years if all extensions are invoked).
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 29 Jun 2030, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,706,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 29 Jun 2030
- First published
- 5 May 2026, 15:31 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
ASCH-2526-013- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060942- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0691baFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 May 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published176 days ago5 May 2026, 15:31 BST
- Market engagement153 days ago28 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Brent and Harrow Council will be running a joint market engagement event to inform suppliers of the upcoming opportunity. The event scheduled for Thursday 28 May 2026, will begin at 9:45am and be delivered online via Microsoft Teams.
Suppliers interested in attending the market engagement should express an interest in the opportunity to be sent a message from the Council requesting information on attendees.
Please express an interest no later than 9:00am Thursday 28 May 2026 in order to receive the invitation link via the messaging facility on the London Tenders Portal.
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- Tender notice published121 days ago29 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST
- Next notice expected121 days ago29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline91 days ago29 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by56 days ago2 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 2 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 May 2026, 15:31 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published29 Jun 2026, 17:26 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active29 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST
- Deadline published: 29 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST29 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- London Borough of HarrowContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsRegister @ www.LondonTenders.org in order to view tender documents. Project reference is: DN814416
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender