North Yorkshire Council Independent Advocacy Services

North Yorkshire County CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-050279Procurement Act 2023Light-touch servicesSME suitableVCSE suitablepending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£6.2m

Awarded 12 Dec 2025

Suppliers

1

1 SME

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

12 Dec 2025

Description

The Authority requires a Statutory Advocacy service to deliver all Advocacy Services required by Law, specifically: Statutory Advocacy as per the Care Act 2014; Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) and Relevant Person's Representative (RPR); Independent Mental Health Advocacy.

Scope

Reference
424-NYC-HA
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
01 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2029
Possible extension to 01 Apr 2029

Initial Term: 01/04/2026 – 31/03/2029 Option to extend 1: 01/04/2029 – 31/03/2031 Option to extend 2: 01/04/2031 – 31/03/2033

CPV classifications
85000000
85310000
85320000
Contract locations
Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Price WeightingPrice 40%price40.00%
Q1Service Deliveryquality20.00%
Q2Accessibilityquality5.00%
Q3Implementationquality5.00%
Q4Legal Compliancequality5.00%
Q5Community Engagementquality5.00%
Q6Delivery Approachquality5.00%
Q7Technological Innovationquality10.00%
Q8Social Valuequality5.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

All information relating to Selection Criteria can be found in PA2023 Volume 3 Procurement Specific Questionnaire V0.01.

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£6.2m

Award date

12 Dec 2025

Contract start

31 Mar 2026

Contract end

31 Mar 2029

Awarded to