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Published 7 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Understanding and Managing Waits Timescales for DoLS

Official notice

Authority: Local Government Association

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£30,000£36,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Nov 2025
Contract term 4 moends 6 Mar 2026 · up to 5 Jun 2026 with extensions · starts 6 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) have been flagged as a concern for some councils from CQC assessment.

Alongside assessment and support waiting times, DoLS waiting times are a focus of the CQC assurance process and provides indicators in relation to the quality of experience of people requiring care and support from a council and those with more complex needs.

The nationally published DoLS annual data collection evidence where waiting lists are longest, and where councils have the highest number of people waiting for over a year.

This piece of work will offer expert support to councils who would like to further develop their DoLS processes and improve timescales.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-UK-Lon… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/8CP25X43DA ↗

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 4 moSMEVCSEPublished value£30,000
Contract period: 6 Nov 2025 – 6 Mar 2026 (4 mo) · up to 5 Jun 2026 with extensionsValue: £30,000 exc. VAT · £36,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: The buyer is entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the contract period on the same terms for a further period or periods of up to six months
85000000 Health and social work services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • price
  • Quality
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
7 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
Last source update
6 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062994
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a9d6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
3 Nov 2025, 16:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
14 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.delta-esourcing.com/delta ↗

Timeline

7 Oct 2025 → 6 Nov 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published386 days ago
    7 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
  2. Clarification questions by379 days ago
    14 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline359 days ago
    3 Nov 2025, 16:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts356 days ago
    6 Nov 2025
  5. Latest notice published356 days ago
    6 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
    UK4
  2. Procurement termination notice published
    6 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT
    UK12
  3. Status changed to complete
    6 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—6 Nov 2025CancelledAfter careful consideration, we have decided not to proceed with the tender at this time. We appreciate your time and effort, and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

IMPROVEMENT & DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PPLL-6427-QNDD Local Government House, 18 Smith Square, UK-London: Health and social work services., London, SW1P 3HZContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender