Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Best Interest Assessor

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Leicestershire County Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

db74e4f0-1a10-46a3-bccc-63361a8849f3-101836

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 85000000

Published tags

award

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27 Aug 2026

Leicestershire County Council, on behalf of Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council, is undertaking a procurement exercise to appoint suitable providers to a framework for the provision of the independent Best Interests Assessor role under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (Mental Capacity Act 2005). The purpose of this procurement is to establish an approved list of suitably qualified and experienced independent assessors to complement the in-house DoLS Teams to allow effective management of BIA demand, availability and prioritisation across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland 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

   18 Nov 2016

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   db74e4f0-1a10-46a3-bccc-63361a8849f3-101836

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Best Interest Assessor

  Buyer: Leicestershire County CouncilSupplier: Emma Daniels

  End date in notice

  30 Jun 2018

  Value shown in notice

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

  Official source

  Open the official Contracts Finder notice for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Best Interest Assessor

  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-dcd8ddf8-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b-1

• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Best Interest Assessor

  Buyer: Leicestershire County CouncilSupplier: Heather Crozier

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