Health and social work services

Tender description

The London Borough of Bromley (the Council) invites suitably qualified professionals who can directly deliver the Service to tender for the Services to Support the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Framework Agreement as detailed in the Tender Documents for: — Lot 1 Mental Health Assessors; — Lot 2 Independent Best Interest Assessors. The tender opportunity will be run electronically through the London Tenders Portal and suppliers will need to register their company with the portal as soon as possible (if they have not already done so) at: www.londontenders.org to ensure they are able to access and submit the relevant documents online. Contractors reading this on Contracts Finder should ensure they read the full OJEU Notice on Tenders Electronic Daily or via the link on the Contracts Finder Notice to see the full scope of this procurement and instructions on how to participate. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) was introduced as an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to provide a legal framework around the deprivation of liberty. These apply to people in hospitals and care homes and later to people subject to other care regimes in other environments, who lack the capacity to consent to the arrangements made for their care or treatment and who need to be deprived of their liberty, within the meaning of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in their own best interests and to protect them from harm. The Council is the supervisory body responsible for considering requests to deprive any person ordinarily resident in the London Borough of Bromley of their liberty. As a supervisory body, the Council is responsible for commissioning the assessments required to determine whether there is a need for authorisation, as well as authorising the deprivation of liberty if appropriate. During the term of the Framework Agreement, the Council will undertake an annual review of the Framework and reserves the right to add new suitably qualified professionals if required by approaching the market through ProContract to the extent permitted by the regulations. During the term of the Framework Agreement the Council may also choose to add additional services to the Framework if required by approaching the market through ProContract to the extent permitted by the regulations. Part of the assessment process must be undertaken by a Mental Health Assessor to confirm that the individual meets the criteria to be deprived of their liberty. ‘Mental Health Assessor’ is a term under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to describe a clinician who has met specific criteria relating to training and experience, and who has subsequently been approved by a regional approval board. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) was introduced as an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to provide a legal framework around the deprivation of liberty. These apply to people in hospitals and care homes and later to people subject to other care regimes in other environments, who lack the capacity to consent to the arrangements made for their care or treatment and who need to be deprived of their liberty, within the meaning of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in their own best interests and to protect them from harm. The Council is the supervisory body responsible for considering requests to deprive any person ordinarily resident in the London Borough of Bromley of their liberty. As a supervisory body, the Council is responsible for commissioning the assessments required to determine whether there is a need for authorisation, as well as authorising the deprivation of liberty if appropriate. During the term of the Framework Agreement, the Council will undertake an annual review of the Framework and reserves the right to add new suitably qualified professionals if required by approaching the market through ProContract to the extent permitted by the regulations. During the term of the Framework Agreement the Council may also choose to add additional services to the Framework if required by approaching the market through ProContract to the extent permitted by the regulations. Part of the assessment process must be undertaken by a Best Interest Assessor (BIA) to confirm that the individual meets the criteria to be deprived of their liberty. ‘Independent Best Interest Assessor (BIA)’ is a term under the Mental Capacity Act to describe a practitioner who has met specific criteria relating to training and experience, and who has subsequently been approved.