Awarded· 23 Sept 2025
Advocacy Services of Adults
Worcestershire County Council · Worcester, West Midlands
Worcestershire County Council has awarded Advocacy Services of Adults. It is a contract for other health and social care in Worcester.
Source: Find a Tender, published 31 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK1 - Pipeline Notice · 13:41
View notice2025
Contract awarded
Swan Advocacy Network
2025
Award notice published
UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 17:04
View notice2025
Award notice published
UK7 - Contract Details Notice · 10:50
View notice2026
Contract starts
Next
2031
Contract ends
5 years after it starts
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- Pipeline notice publishedUK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 08:00View notice
- Tender notice publishedUK4 - Tender Notice · 08:40View notice
About this tender
In brief
Worcestershire County Council has awarded Advocacy Services of Adults. It is a contract for other health and social care in Worcester. The contract went to Swan Advocacy Network. It was awarded on 23 September 2025. The estimated value is £3,360,966. The contract runs from 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2031. It lasts 5 years.
It is run as a competitive flexible procedure. The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 31 October 2025. The notice number is 069995-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-051344.
Summary of the contracting process
The Worcestershire County Council, in collaboration with the NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board, has awarded a significant contract for advocacy services targeted at adults. This contract, titled "Advocacy Services for Adults," falls under the health and social work services industry category, specifically designed to address statutory and non-statutory needs such as crisis advocacy, Care Act advocacy, and independent mental health advocacy.
The contract has a duration of five years, starting 1st February 2026, with the option for a two-year extension, and is valued at £3,365,034. This procurement process utilised an open, competitive flexible procedure under the light touch regime, indicating a focus on inclusivity and fair competition. The contracting process has now moved to the award stage, having been signed on 31st October 2025.
Large enterprises, as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), which can demonstrate strong performance and adaptability to both statutory and non-statutory requirements within the UKG12 region, are particularly suited to compete.
About this tender
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.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 1 Feb 2026 to 31 Jan 2031 (5 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
- Awarded to
- Swan Advocacy Network
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement method
- Open
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Planning, Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Tender value
- £3,360,966
- Lots value
- £3,360,966
- Awards value
- £3,288,012
- Contracts value
- £3,304,534
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 069995-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051344
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Worcester
- Town
- Worcester
- Postcode
- WR5 2NP
- Electoral ward
- Claines
- Constituency
- Worcester
- Delivery area
- Worcestershire CC
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Worcestershire CC
- Area
- Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Worcestershire County Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Worcester, WR5 2NP · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Swan Advocacy Network
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- £3,288,012
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Contract details notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069995-2025
- Contract award notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061508-2025
- Tender notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037297-2025
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023545-2025
- Pipeline notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021327-2025
- Please visit https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/worcestershire/aspx/Home to access this opportunity. You will need…in-tendhost.co.uk/worcestershire/aspx/Home
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-051344 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Advocacy Services of Adults
Who won the Advocacy Services of Adults contract?
Worcestershire County Council awarded the contract to Swan Advocacy Network on 23 September 2025. It is due to end on 31 January 2031, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Advocacy Services of Adults contract worth?
The estimated value is £3,360,966. The contract runs from 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2031 (5 years).
Who is the buyer for Advocacy Services of Adults?
Worcestershire County Council, based in Worcester, West Midlands.
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