DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY SAFEGUARDS: INDEPENDENT BEST INTEREST ASSESSOR FRAMEWORK

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What the notice says

Buyer

Leicestershire County Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

aeec72f4-ea88-4c6b-9810-0854c769c862-244983

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 85000000

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Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

In this present instance, Leicestershire County Council, on behalf of Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council (hereafter referred to as "the Councils"), is undertaking a procurement exercise to appoint suitable providers to a Framework for the provision of the independent Best Interest Assessor (BIA) role under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (Mental Capacity Act 2005). As a statutory requirement the role of the Best Interest Assessor is regulated by the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Code of Practice, and relevant case law. Services will need to be delivered in line with the relevant guidance and legislation plus any local requirements outlined in the Service Specification. The purpose of this Service is to complement the in-house DoLS Teams by providing increased flexibility to allow effective management of BIA demand, availability and prioritisation. It is estimated that the framework will be used to source an estimated 10% of the total Best Interest Assessments across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland per year. Due to the nature of the independent BIA role, local requirements dictate that the framework eligibility criteria is at an enhanced level to the statutory standards outlined in the DoLS Code of Practice.

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1. Award notice observed

   8 Oct 2018

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 19 Aug 2026.

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   Release reference

   aeec72f4-ea88-4c6b-9810-0854c769c862-244983

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY SAFEGUARDS: INDEPENDENT BEST INTEREST ASSESSOR FRAMEWORK

  Buyer: Leicestershire County CouncilSupplier: 3D RECRUIT LIMITED

  End date in notice

  30 Sept 2022

  Value shown in notice

  £1,700,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-8c83b133-5add-471e-944f-dd58a5a1bdc7-1

• DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY SAFEGUARDS: INDEPENDENT BEST INTEREST ASSESSOR FRAMEWORK

  Buyer: Leicestershire County CouncilSupplier: CARTER BROWN - THE EXPERT SERVICE LIMITED

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