ClosedHealth and social care

Appropriate Adult Reprocurement[E11]

Chelmsford, United KingdomEssex County Council[E1]

In plain English

What they want: The role of the Appropriate Adult Service is to safeguard the interests, rights, and entitlements of children and vulnerable adults who have been suspected of committing a criminal offence, ensuring that they are treated in a fair and just manner. We will be procuring this contract for five years with the possibility to extend by another two years. This contract is due to start on the 1st July 2025.
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 27 Jan 2025, 12:00 UTC. UTC: 27 Jan 2025, 12:00 UTC.
Published 9 Dec 2024.
Value: GBP 1,337,000
Buyer: Essex County CouncilSee what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab) ↗
Tender documents: The tender documents for this notice are on the buyer's own portal, usually behind a free supplier registration. We link to them and do not fetch them, so the report is based on the notice only.

This opportunity is closed and its deadline has passed. Reports are not available for it.

Deadline[E4]: 27 Jan 2025, 12:00 UTC
Value[E12]: GBP 1,337,000
Published[E9]: 9 Dec 2024
Procedure[E8]: Open procedure (above threshold)
Source: UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 2 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

The role of the Appropriate Adult Service is to safeguard the interests, rights, and entitlements of children and vulnerable adults who have been suspected of committing a criminal offence, ensuring that they are treated in a fair and just manner. We will be procuring this contract for five years with the possibility to extend by another two years. This contract is due to start on the 1st July 2025. The maximum cost for this contract will not exceed £191,000.00 per year, with a total five year cost of £955.000.00 and a total seven year cost of £1,337,000.00. This will be a single stage open procedure with the contract due to start on the 1st July 2025. Rough timeframes for this procurement will be as per below: - Tender opening: 09.12.2024 - Tender period: 23.12.2024 - 27.01.2025 - Final clarification date: 20.01.2025 - Contract award date: 03.05.2025 - Contract start: 01.07.2025 Procurement documents can be obtained free of charge from https://procontract.due-north.com/[E5]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery location: England, United Kingdom.[E6]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC
The deadline (2025-01-27T12:00:00.000Z) has passed.
Source document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094

Evidence

12 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is Essex County Council.
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 85000000 (Health and social work services).
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Tenders must be submitted by 27 Jan 2025, 12:00 UTC.
“2025-01-27T12:00:00Z”
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“The role of the Appropriate Adult Service is to safeguard the interests, rights, and entitlements of children and vulnerable adults who have been suspected of committing a criminal offence, ensuring that they are treated in a fair and just manner. We will be procuring this contr…”
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery location: England, United Kingdom.
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.
“tender”
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procedure is: Open procedure (above threshold).
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 9 Dec 2024.
“2024-12-09T10:47:36Z”
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Appropriate Adult Reprocurement".
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
The stated value is GBP 1,337,000.
“1337000 GBP”
Document c51ef919-6174-4424-b1d4-74161e3961c8-809094, field /tender/value/amount, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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