Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Medway Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- South East Memory Assessment Services Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Social work and related services (CPV 85300000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 012206-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Mar 2025
- Published1 Apr 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Medway Council is seeking a single provider for the provision of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) assessments. The purpose of this service is to organise, complete and return the assessments, required for DoLS under the Mental Capacity Act (2014. These assessments must be carried out by a Section 12 registered doctor and returned to the Council within a set timeframe. By way of background, the Mental Capacity Act (2005) is amended by the 2007 amendments to the Mental Health Act (1983) to include the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), implemented on 1 April 2009. The safeguards provide legal protection for vulnerable people who are, or may become, deprived of their liberty in a hospital or care home. They apply to people who have a mental disorder and who are assessed as lacking capacity to consent to the arrangements made for their residence, care or treatment. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards require hospitals and care homes (Managing Authorities) to apply to the …
About the supplier
South East Memory Assessment Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09096801).