Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Lincolnshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Child Action Northwest
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Sector
- Health & social care · Social work and related services (CPV 85300000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Oct 2026
- Published22 Oct 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
Lincolnshire County Council is conducting a further competition among Suppliers appointed to the Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO) Appropriate Adults Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) 1015 for the provision of an Appropriate Adults Service for children. The service shall ensure that all children in Lincolnshire who, as required by Lincolnshire Police, have been detained in police custody or attend a voluntary police interview as a suspect, are accompanied by an Appropriate Adult to safeguard their rights, entitlements and welfare in the absence of a Parent/Carer or other suitable representative. In addition, the service shall ensure that an Appropriate Adult is available to support and accompany children detained in Lincolnshire who require an age assessment to determine whether they are under the age of eighteen (18). The evaluation will be based on which proposal is the most economically advantageous to the Council and shall utilise a Quality/Price evaluation criteria to select …
About the supplier
Child Action Northwest: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00820660).