Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting 
        authority        
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  South Tyneside Borough Council
  Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road
  South Shields
  NE332RL
  UK
  
            Contact person: Karen Dixon
  
            Telephone: +44 1914244052
  
            E-mail: karen.dixon@southtyneside.gov.uk
  
            NUTS: UKC22
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/
 
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
  II.1.1) Title
Advocacy Service for Adults
            Reference number: S8277
  II.1.2) Main CPV code
  85000000
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Services
  II.1.4) Short description
  The service to be provided is an advocacy service for adults, which includes the following
  types of advocacy support:
  • Care Act Advocacy
  • Independent Mental Health Advocacy
  • Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy
  • NHS Complaints Advocacy
  • Relevant Person's Representatives
  • Rule 1.2 Representatives
  • General Advocacy
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        No
      
  II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
  Value excluding VAT: 
				2 967 440.00 
				  GBP
 
II.2) Description
  
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKC22
Main site or place of performance:
    South Tyneside
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    This procurement was undertaken under Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (also known as the "light touch" regime). The process adopted uses the primary methodology of an open tender, but the Council reserves the right to make such adjustments as are required to facilitate the process. The
    II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
    
            The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
            
              No
            
   
 
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
  IV.1.1) Type of procedure
  
                        Open procedure
                        
 
IV.2) Administrative information
  IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
  Notice number in the OJ S:
  2025/S 000-004279
 
Section V: Award of contract
        A contract/lot is awarded:
        
        Yes
      
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
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V.2.2) Information about tenders
                Number of tenders received: 5
                Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
                Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
              The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
              
        No
      
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
  Your Voice Counts
  06654142
  Greenesfield Business Centre, Mulgrave Terrace
  Gateshead
  NE8 1PQ
  UK
  
            NUTS: UKC22
  The contractor is an SME:
        No
      
 
                V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
              
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 
					
Total value of the contract/lot: 
					: 2 967 440.00 
					  GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/06/2025