# Best Interests Assessment for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council](/buyers/rochdale-metropolitan-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Action First Recruitment Ltd
- Award value: £127,400
- Tender value: £125,000
- Award date: 17 January 2018
- Published: 18 May 2018
- Contract start: 1 February 2018
- Contract end: 31 January 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 135580e8-4b30-418b-b327-b0aeb25e92fb-217089
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-89e51c50-9062-4cfd-9978-d0c9f435a853

## Description

The Council is seeking to appoint a Service Provider: To complete 350 assessments within the contract period\. Assessments may be requested to be undertaken either by a Best Interest Assessor or a Mental Health Assessor\. Best interests assessments; comprise of the age assessment, the no refusals assessment, the best interest assessment and where specifically requested, the mental capacity assessment \(or CoP3 mental capacity assessment\)\. The Mental health assessor will be required to undertake the mental health assessment, the eligibility assessment and the mental capacity assessment \(or CoP3 mental capacity assessment\)\.

## Related contract awards

- [020406 - Raise Rochdale PRU Design Team](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-138ba8c7-b85e-4c3b-9205-cb4739e86dcc): Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- [12559 - Station Gardens](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cab0efc2-f3c6-4022-a183-a68ec65d2255): Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- [Hopwood primary School Re-model Main Entrance](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6bebb43b-77ee-48cb-a0dd-b08fc635ea4b): Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- [Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Assessment Framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f0c0e2cf-4668-49b0-a618-c84d281bf93b): Derby City Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/135580e8-4b30-418b-b327-b0aeb25e92fb-217089)