Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bc5-0828-70e1-b35e-f8bc613042fe/understanding-and-managing-waits-timescales-for-dols awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Understanding and Managing Waits Timescales for DoLS [Improvement & Development Agency](https://tendernation.io/buyers/improvement-development-agency) Estimated value £30,000 Published 6 Nov 2025 Deadline Closed 3 Nov 2025 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Below-threshold contract Buyers cannot shortlist bidders on suitability before tenders are in, so everyone gets to submit a bid (except some larger works contracts). [Procurement Act 2023, section 85](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/section/85) - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) have been flagged as a concern for some councils from CQC assessment. Alongside assessment and support waiting times, DoLS waiting times are a focus of the CQC assurance process and provides indicators in relation to the quality of experience of people requiring care and support from a council and those with more complex needs. The nationally published DoLS annual data collection evidence where waiting lists are longest, and where councils have the highest number of people waiting for over a year. This piece of work will offer expert support to councils who would like to further develop their DoLS processes and improve timescales. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: [delta-esourcing.com](https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-UK-London:-Health-and-social-work-services.:-Health-and-social-work-services./8CP25X43DA) To respond to this opportunity, please click here: [delta-esourcing.com/respond/8CP25X43DA](https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/8CP25X43DA) ## CPV classification Health and social work services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-05a9d6-2025-11-06T16:05:36Z [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-05a9d6-2025-11-06T16:05:36Z) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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