Official UK procurement notice
Warrington Advocacy Hub · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Warrington Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWarrington Borough Council wishes to procure integrated advocacy services provided through a single supplier offering an Advocacy Hub.
The supplier will deliver a comprehensive advocacy service for adults in Warrington 50 weeks a year, 5 days a week (Monday- Friday) excluding Bank Holidays and Weekends.
The Service will comprise:
- Care Act Advocacy
- Independent Mental Health Advocacy
- Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy
- Paid Relevant Persons Representative
- Parent Advocacy
- Project work
- Not divided into lots: A single provider model is required to ensure a single point of access for users.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,090,000
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)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Sept 2025, 16:31 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2025, 16:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
DN789135- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055550- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0597f2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted via the proactis system the-chest.org.uk ↗ with responses made within the system
Timeline
10 Sept 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published10 Sept 2025, 16:31 BST
- Clarification questions by394 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline387 days ago9 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by288 days ago15 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts152 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published10 Sept 2025, 16:31 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsTender documents can be obtained via www.the-chest.org.uk using reference DN789135
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender