Official UK procurement notice
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards:Mental Health Assessor (S12 Doctors)
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement is under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR)
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) was introduced in 2007. The Mental Health Act 2007, which received Royal Assent in July 2007, included an amendment to the MCA to introduce additional Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) from 1st April 2009. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards provide additional protection for the most vulnerable people living in residential homes, nursing homes or hospital environments. There is a requirement, in law that care will always be provided in a way that is consistent with the human rights of people lacking capacity; who are not otherwise protected or safeguarded through the use of the Mental Health Act or Court of Protection powers. Leicestershire County Council as the Supervisory Body needs to arrange for a qualified assessor to complete relevant assessments including Doctors who undertake the mental capacity, mental health or eligibility assessments
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Jul 2025, 13:47 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jul 2025, 13:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Aug 2025 – …
- Authority reference
DN775391- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041652- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0562f7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
21 Jul 2025 → 10 Oct 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published21 Jul 2025, 13:47 BST
- Submission deadline22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts385 days ago10 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.