Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Norfolk County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Pohwer
- Value
- £4,588,234
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 013811-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Apr 2024
- Published30 Apr 2024Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
Norfolk County Council has a number of statutory duties to ensure the provision of advocacy services, including NHS complaints advocacy, IMHA, IMCA and ISCA.The service manages around 4,000 new advocacy cases a year. This is a demand-led service and while levels of demand fluctuated during Covid lockdown, the general trend has been one of rising demand.This procurement was for advocacy that supports a person’s involvement in the processes laid out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012, the Mental Health Act 2007, Mental Health Act 1983 and revised Mental Health Act Code of Practice 2014, the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
About the supplier
Pohwer: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03323040).