# Appropriate Adult for Vulnerable Adults Service Provider

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Merseyside Police - Procurement Department
- Contract winner: [The Appropriate Adult Service Limited](/contract-winners/appropriate-adult-service/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £360,000
- Tender value: £360,000
- Award date: 11 February 2019
- Published: 6 March 2019
- Contract start: 1 April 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9444bd75-b504-4085-8789-cf77a8278819-274243
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2ce00b82-dbe2-4b8e-8d4f-edbd45075ed0

## Description

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside requires a high quality Appropriate Adult Service which safeguards the interests and welfare of Vulnerable Adults in Police Custody or Voluntary Attendance sites within Merseyside, where parents/carers, or the person with responsibility, are unable or unwilling to attend\. The presence of an Appropriate Adult provides one of the essential checks and balances within the criminal justice process and ensures that the rights of Vulnerable Adults are protected\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9444bd75-b504-4085-8789-cf77a8278819-274243)