Awarded· 30 Sept 2025
Deprivation of Liberty Assessments
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) · Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) has awarded Deprivation of Liberty Assessments. It is a contract for other health and social care in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Source: Find a Tender, published 12 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Liquid Personnel
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:55
View notice2025
Contract starts
2025
Award notice updated
Award Notice · 15:07
View notice2026
Contract ends
0½ years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) has awarded Deprivation of Liberty Assessments. It is a contract for other health and social care in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The contract went to Liquid Personnel. It was awarded on 30 September 2025. The contract value is £418,000. The contract runs from 8 December 2025 to 31 March 2026. It lasts 0½ years.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 12 December 2025. The notice number is 082574-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05df4e.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process for the "Deprivation of Liberty Assessments" contract has been initiated by NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services, hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust, located in Cardiff, United Kingdom. This contract falls under the services industry category, specifically hospital and related services.
The procurement follows the Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) regulations, opting for the Most Suitable Provider Process, and does not apply to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract has been formally awarded to Liquid Personnel, with a contract period starting on 8th December 2025 and ending on 31st March 2026, covering the Central Valleys region.
Key deadlines such as the standstill period concluded on 26th November 2025, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The procurement method, which bypasses the traditional call for competition, emphasises the selection of the most suitable provider, making it ideal for established entities confident in their service delivery standards.
The notice in full
This notice marks the intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider process under PSR Wales. The Health Board wish to commission a maximum of 180 assessments to reduce the DoLS backlog, between December 2025 and March 2026. The service is to include DoLS Best Interests Assessors (BIA's) and the use of a s12 Doctor.
The assessments need to be completed within one week of allocation and the patient must still be in hospital at time of authorisation.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
This contract has been procured via the Most Suitable Provider under PSR Wales
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 8 Dec 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 (0½ years)
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Liquid Personnel
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Buyer's portal
- Sell2Wales
Values
- Contracts value
- £418,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 082574-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05df4e
- CPV code
- 85110000 - Hospital and related services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Town
- Cardiff
- Postcode
- CF15 7QZ
- Electoral ward
- Taff's Well
- Constituency
- Cardiff North
- Delivery area
- Central Valleys
- Region
- Wales
- Sub-region
- Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Area
- South East Wales
- Country
- Wales
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust)
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Lucy Edmunds
- Address
- Cardiff, CF15 7QZ · Wales · Wales
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Liquid Personnel
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Nwssp.nhs.walesnwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
- Sell2Wales portal, to register and bidsell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx
- Latest noticefind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082574-2025
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05df4e (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Deprivation of Liberty Assessments
Who won the Deprivation of Liberty Assessments contract?
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) awarded the contract to Liquid Personnel on 30 September 2025. It is due to end on 31 March 2026, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Deprivation of Liberty Assessments contract worth?
The contract value is £418,000. The contract runs from 8 December 2025 to 31 March 2026 (0½ years).
Who is the buyer for Deprivation of Liberty Assessments?
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust), based in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The named contact is Lucy Edmunds.
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