Advocacy Services of Adults

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Worcestershire County Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

069995-2025

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 85000000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

The aim of the Advocacy service is to provide a range of advocacy services to meet both statutory and non-statutory need, including: - Crisis, Issue - Care Act - Complaints Advocacy NHS and Adult Social Care - Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) (including under 18-year-olds) - Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and Relevant Person Representative (RPR) - Appropriate Adult Advocacy - CHC advocacy The contract duration is for 5 years, plus a possible 2 year extension (on a one plus one year basis), subject to performance and funding available. The contract is considered an above threshold light touch contract.

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Observed notice trail

How the published record developed

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1. Planning notice observed

   14 May 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   021327-2025

   Published tags

   planning

2. Planning notice observed

   21 May 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   023545-2025

   Published tags

   planning

3. Tender notice observed

   4 Jul 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   037297-2025

   Published tags

   tender

4. Award notice observed

   1 Oct 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Advocacy Services for Adults

  Buyer: Worcestershire County CouncilSupplier: SWAN ADVOCACY NETWORK

  End date in notice

  31 Jan 2031Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £3,304,534Value from the linked contract

  Official source

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  About this figure

  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.
  • The values published for the award and the linked contract do not agree, so Bidwake keeps them separate.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  1

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Renewal information is statedLot 1Repeated in 2 notices; the most recent statement is shown.Published 21 May 2025.Open supporting notice 023545-2025
• Renewal information is statedLot 1

  Option to extend for up to a further two years (on a one year, plus one year basis) subject to performance and the availability of funding.

  Published 4 Jul 2025.Open supporting notice 037297-2025

No exact source-published process relationship was found.