Independent Best Interest Assessors 2025 (3)
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is procuring independent Best Interest Assessor (BIA) services to support its statutory duties under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and complete Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) assessments for vulnerable adults. The buyer is a local authority responsible for public social care and related statutory services in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Appointed providers will supply qualified independent BIAs to undertake DoLS assessments on the Council’s behalf, primarily across the East Riding of Yorkshire and occasionally outside the county, through a pseudo-open framework operating under the Light Touch Regime. The framework has an estimated total value of £2,503,200 and will remain available for repeated annual openings throughout its lifetime, with the third opening supporting services from November 2027. The critical qualification requirement is that assessors must be appropriately qualified and able to carry out independent Best Interest Assessments in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and DoLS statutory requirements.
Buyer: East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Source: Find a Tender. Updated 30 Sept 2026.
Key facts
- Estimated value: £2.5m
- Bids close: 1 Sept 2027
- Location: East Riding of Yorkshire
- Procedure: Open procedure
- Contract period: 1 Nov 2027 to 6 Nov 2028
- Category: Health and social work services (85000000)
From the official notice
In order to support in complying with the statutory requirement, the commissioner (East Riding of Yorkshire Council) is procuring the services of Independent Best Interest Assessors (BIAs) to assist in the completion of Deprivation of Liberty Standards (DoLS) assessments. This will be achieved through the provision of Best Interest Assessors, on an open Framework Agreement, who will be invited to undertake DoLS assessments for the purpose of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 on behalf of vulnerable adults across the East Riding of Yorkshire, and occasionally out of county. This is a Pseudo Open Framework under the Light Touch Regime for the provision of Independent Best Interest Assessors and will be opened once every 12 months during the duration. Following the tender initial tender deadline a new tender will be advertised, for continuity and submissions can be made at any time, however, please note they will only be evaluated once every 12 months. The third deadline for submissions will be 12 noon on 1 September 2027. The evaluations for the third opening will be completed during the month of September 2027 and service providers notified of the outcome of their submission prior to the start of the following month e.g. submissions in September 2027 will be notified in October 2027 and will join the framework from the beginning of November 2027. This procedure will remain the same each year during the lifetime of the Framework agreement. (i.e. a new tender to be advertised after e...
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Questions about this tender
When is the deadline?
Bids close on 1 Sept 2027.
What is it worth?
The estimated value is £2.5m.
Who can apply?
The buyer has marked it as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
How do I bid?
Open the official notice, register on the buyer's portal and submit your bid before the deadline.
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