Official UK procurement notice
Integrated Statutory Advocacy Services
Authority: London Borough of Hillingdon (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Hillingdon awards for the service provision of Integrated advocacy in adult social care and health ensuring a coordinated approach where advocacy services work collaboratively across health and social care systems to support individuals in having their voices heard, rights respected and needs met-especially when navigating complex care pathways. The Integrated Advocacy Service, comprises of the following advocacy services: Care Act Advocacy (CAA), Paid Relevant Person's Representative (RPR) in and out of borough, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA), Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Health Complaints Advocacy and Community (CA) - non statutory
Contract commencement date: 1 April 2026
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,770,000
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 (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 12:56 BST
- Last source update
- 28 May 2026, 14:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Dec 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057165- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05225fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenderers are required to submit their tenders via the Portal.
Timeline
23 May 2025 → 28 May 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 12:56 BST
- Market engagement23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
The London Borough of Hillingdon Council seeks competent and experienced providers of Statutory Advocacy and Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Services to meet for a Provider Engagement event at the Civic Centre in Uxbridge on the 23rd June 2025 at 1.30 pm
The engagement event will include deprivation of liberties services and advocacy services.
Register your attendance by email (by the end of 19th June) procurement@hillingdon.gov.uk with "Provider Engagement - advocacy services" in the email subject.
If you are unable to attend in person, we can email you the information after the event.
The session will provide an opportunity for interested providers to understand the service requirements whilst having the opportunity to offer views and comments, helping to ensure that the proposed approach is clear, achievable and aligned to Hillingdon's requirements. Providers will be able to seek clarification to prepare for the forthcoming tender process.
We encourage all interested providers to register with the tendering portal Proactis
- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 09:22 BST
- Next notice expected390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by384 days ago7 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline374 days ago17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by299 days ago31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent294 days ago6 Jan 2026
- Standstill ends284 days ago15 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published151 days ago28 May 2026, 14:06 BST
Notice history
12 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 12:56 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published3 Jun 2025, 17:18 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Jun 2025, 18:05 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 09:22 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,770,00017 Sept 2025, 09:22 BSTwas £1,600,000
- Status changed to active17 Sept 2025, 09:22 BST
- Deadline published: 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST17 Sept 2025, 09:22 BST
- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 09:48 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published6 Jan 2026, 10:52 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete6 Jan 2026, 10:52 GMT
- Contract signature expected16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 May 2026, 14:06 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Updated the optional potential extension period from 2 years to 3 years.
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 17 Sept 2025
- 2025-06: 2 releases · 3 Jun 2025, 3 Jun 2025
- 2025-05: 1 release · 23 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Advocacy PeopleSMELot 2 Integrated Statutory Advocacy Services1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2032Extensions: After the initial 5 year contract period there will be an optional 1 year available, providing the total term of 6 years. · Options: Options by permissible variations | £1,729,529 | 6 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Integrated Statutory Advocacy Services · The Advocacy PeopleSME
- Signed
- 28 May 2026
- Value
- £1,729,529
- Period
- 28 May 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- An optional one year extension is permitted
- Options
- Options by agreed contract variation if there is a future commissioning requirement for services such as rule 1.2 assessments
3 agreed KPIs: Outcome 1 · Outcome 2 · Outcome 3
- Outcome 1, Residents have ready access to information in respect of advocacy services and the levels of service that are available in their particular circumstances
- Outcome 2, Residents have a greater understanding of the care, support and health care planning systems, their right to information, to be involved, to be heard, to help them make informed choices and live independently
- Outcome 3, Residents have greater capacity and skills to articulate their needs, with or without the assistance of an Advocate and negotiate arrangements to meet their care, support and health
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9final-stage tenders | 7 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THE ADVOCACY PEOPLEAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents are available via the tender portal: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com (the Portal)
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender