Staffordshire County Council £3.5m DoL Assessment Service Award

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 14:06.

Opportunity overview

The Council is looking to commission a supplier to provide a managed, 'end-to-end' Service for the required number of DoL assessments and COP DoL assessments set by the Council specifically the Age Assessment, No Refusals Assessment, Mental Capacity Assessment and Best Interests Assessment. The supplier will also be required to deliver where required: a. Care Act assessments b. Care and support planning c. Planned and unplanned reviews of existing care and support arrangements d. Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest Decisions where required e. Carers' assessments when identified

Awarded to

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Eden Brown Limited (T/A Eden Brown Synergy)

Match pending…

Published award value: £3.5m
Awarded: 5 Oct 2026
Award ID: 1
Status: pending
Identifier: GB-PPON PZYY-9821-TNJW
Location: London, UKI31, EC2R 5AR, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract award notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: IA3824
Status: complete
Procurement Method: open
Procurement Method Details: Open procedure

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Staffordshire County Council
Id: GB-PPON-PZDG-2995-QQMD

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PZDG-2995-QQMD

Address

Street Address: 1 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street,
Locality: Stafford
Postal Code: ST16 2DH
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKG24

Contact

Email: lisa.dobric@staffordshire.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - sub-central government

Organisation 2

Name: Eden Brown Limited (T/A Eden Brown Synergy)
Id: GB-PPON-PZYY-9821-TNJW

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PZYY-9821-TNJW

Address

Street Address: 5th Floor 4 Coleman Street
Locality: London
Postal Code: EC2R 5AR
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKI31

Contact

Email: bidsandcontracts@edenbrownsynergy.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: No
Public Service Mission Organization: No
Sheltered Workshop: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Title: End-to-end Best Interests Assessor Service Court of Protection (CoP) Deprivation of Liberties Service (DoL) and Care Act 2014 Assessment and Reviews
Status: pending
Date: 6 Oct 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category: services
Above Threshold: Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent: 14 Oct 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85000000
Description: Health and social work services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKG24
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT: 4,200,000
Amount: 3,500,000
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-PPON-PZYY-9821-TNJW
Name: Eden Brown Limited (T/A Eden Brown Synergy)

Standstill Period

Ends: 26 Oct 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts: 1 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends: 30 Sept 2028, 23:59

Related lots

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 096978-2026
Document Type: awardNotice
Notice Type: UK6
Description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096978-2026 ↗
Published: 14 Oct 2026, 12:48
Format: text/html

Milestones

Entry 1

Id: 1
Type: futureSignatureDate
Due: 31 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status: scheduled

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Stafford · UKG24 · ST16 2DH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS

037403-2026Pipeline notice on Find a Tender · 24 Apr 2026, 09:57
057972-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender · 19 Jun 2026, 11:42
096978-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 14 Oct 2026, 12:48

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Staffordshire County Council has announced a pending award to Eden Brown Limited (T/A Eden Brown Synergy) for a managed service covering Deprivation of Liberties, Court of Protection and Care Act assessment and review activity.

Published outcome signals

Procurement statusComplete open procedure; award pendingEvidence: Tender status is "complete" and Award 1 status is "pending".
Award announcementContract award notice published 14 October 2026Evidence: Award notice 096978-2026 is dated 2026-10-14.
StandstillEnds 26 October 2026, 23:59:59 UTCEvidence: Award 1 standstillPeriod.endDate is 2026-10-26T23:59:59Z.

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096978-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-068a53
First published: 19 Jun 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 14:06
Notice versions reviewed: 3

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

Award 1 is pending, not a concluded or signed contract. The notice records a standstill period ending 26 October 2026 and a future signature date scheduled for 31 October 2026.

Market significance

The single-supplier award has a stated value of £3.5m excluding VAT (£4.2m gross) for services in Staffordshire.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Eden Brown Limited (T/A Eden Brown Synergy)

98% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · £3,500,000 excluding VAT; £4,200,000 gross award value GBP · Pending award

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Award 1 names Eden Brown Limited (T/A Eden Brown Synergy) as supplier and gives amount £3,500,000 and amountGross £4,200,000. The value is published for the award, which has one named supplier and one related lot.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Procurement status

99% confidence

Complete open procedure; award pending

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Tender status is "complete" and Award 1 status is "pending".

Award announcement

99% confidence

Contract award notice published 14 October 2026

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Award notice 096978-2026 is dated 2026-10-14.

Standstill

99% confidence

Ends 26 October 2026, 23:59:59 UTC

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Award 1 standstillPeriod.endDate is 2026-10-26T23:59:59Z.

Signature milestone

99% confidence

Future signature scheduled for 31 October 2026

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Milestone type futureSignatureDate is scheduled for 2026-10-31T23:59:59Z.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value excluding VAT

99% confidence

£3,500,000

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Award 1 value.amount is 3500000 GBP.

Award value including VAT

99% confidence

£4,200,000

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Award 1 value.amountGross is 4200000 GBP.

Published opportunity maximum

96% confidence

£3,500,000

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Process value_max is 3500000 GBP.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Pipeline notice

99% confidence

24 April 2026

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Release history lists pipeline notice 037403-2026 dated 2026-04-24.

Tender notice published

99% confidence

19 June 2026

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Release history lists tender notice 057972-2026 dated 2026-06-19.

Tender deadline

99% confidence

17 July 2026, 12:00 BST

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Process submission_deadline is 2026-07-17T12:00:00+01:00.

Award decision date

99% confidence

6 October 2026

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Award 1 date is 2026-10-06T00:00:00+01:00.

Assessment summaries sent

99% confidence

14 October 2026

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Award 1 assessmentSummariesDateSent is 2026-10-14.

Planned service period

98% confidence

1 November 2026 to 30 September 2028

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Award 1 contractPeriod specifies these start and end dates.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Core service

98% confidence

Managed end-to-end Deprivation of Liberties and Court of Protection Deprivation of Liberties assessment service

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Tender description specifies a managed end-to-end service for DoL and CoP DoL assessments required by the Council.

Assessment activity

99% confidence

Age, no refusals, mental capacity and best interests assessments

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Tender description explicitly lists these assessment types.

Additional activities where required

99% confidence

Care Act assessments; care and support planning; planned and unplanned reviews; mental capacity assessments and best-interest decisions; carers' assessments

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Tender description lists these activities as required where applicable.

Classification

99% confidence

Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)

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Award item lists CPV 85000000.

Delivery area

93% confidence

UKG24, Staffordshire area

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Award delivery address region is UKG24; buyer is Staffordshire County Council.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Open procedure

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Tender procurementMethodDetails is "Open procedure".

Regime

99% confidence

Light-touch regime

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Tender specialRegime lists "lightTouch".

Lots

99% confidence

One lot (Lot 1)

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Tender and award records each reference Lot 1 only.

Competition information

99% confidence

Number of tenders and evaluation scores not supplied in the published notice data.

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No bid-count, bidder list or scoring data is provided.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Planned term

98% confidence

1 November 2026 to 30 September 2028

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Award 1 contractPeriod provides these dates.

Contract conclusion

99% confidence

Unknown; the award remains pending and signature is scheduled, not evidenced as completed.

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Award 1 status is pending and its futureSignatureDate milestone is scheduled.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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No extension or renewal option is supplied in the notice data.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial structure

97% confidence

A single pending award covers one lot and a broad managed assessment-and-review scope.

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Award 1 has one supplier, relates to Lot 1, and the tender description specifies the stated end-to-end services.

Value interpretation

95% confidence

The £3.5m net figure is the published award value; the £4.2m gross amount appears to be the corresponding VAT-inclusive figure.

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Award value reports amount £3,500,000 and amountGross £4,200,000.

Award rationale

99% confidence

Not published

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No evaluation narrative, scoring, bid pricing or award rationale is supplied.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-068a53
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Staffordshire County Council

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Buyer party is named Staffordshire County Council.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Sub-central government public authority

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Buyer classification is publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment.

Buyer location

99% confidence

Stafford, Staffordshire

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Buyer address lists Stafford, ST16 2DH.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Named supplier

99% confidence

Eden Brown Limited (T/A Eden Brown Synergy)

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The supplier party and Award 1 supplier record use this name.

Supplier classification

99% confidence

SME

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Supplier details mark scale as sme.

Supplier identity handling

98% confidence

Source-provided name retained; no separately verified legal company name was supplied.

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Supplier verification status is not_applicable, with no verified company name or number.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated re-procurement timing

78% confidence

Around the planned end date of 30 September 2028, subject to any unpublished extension, replacement or termination arrangements

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The published contract period ends on 30 September 2028; no renewal terms are supplied.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Pending award status

99% confidence

The notice is an award announcement, but does not evidence signature or an active concluded contract.

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Award status is pending; signature is shown as a future scheduled milestone.

Supplier verification

98% confidence

No separately verified legal company identity or company number was supplied; the source supplier name is used as published.

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verified_company_name and verified_company_number are null; supplier identity status is not_applicable.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual lot value.

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Lot record has null title, description and value_amount.

Information not supplied in the published notice

99% confidence

Bid count, unsuccessful bidders, scoring, pricing breakdown, award rationale, contract signature confirmation and extension terms are not provided.

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These fields are absent from the supplied notice data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The award is pending, so the data does not establish a signed, concluded or active contract.
No separately verified legal company name or company number was supplied for the named supplier.
Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, evaluation results, award rationale, pricing detail and extension or renewal terms.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is the named supplier?

The pending award names Eden Brown Limited (T/A Eden Brown Synergy).

What is the award value?

The published award value is £3.5m excluding VAT, with a gross amount of £4.2m.

Has the contract been signed?

The supplied data does not confirm signature. The award is pending and shows a future signature date scheduled for 31 October 2026.

When is the planned service period?

The published contract period runs from 1 November 2026 to 30 September 2028.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

End-to-end Best Interests Assessor Service Court of Protection (CoP) Deprivation of Liberties Service (DoL) and Care Act 2014 Assessment and Reviews

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Eden Brown Limited (T/A Eden Brown Synergy)

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Special regime

Lots and requirements

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Value

Suppliers

Standstill Period

Contract period

Related lots

Documents

Milestones

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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