Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bf9-db6b-73e9-a8c4-c7895ff806b5/provision-of-an-appropriate-adult-service-across-dorset-poole-bournemouth awarded GB open procedure # Provision of an Appropriate Adult Service across Dorset, Poole & Bournemouth [Dorset County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/dorset-county-council) Estimated value Not stated Published 18 Nov 2016 Deadline Closed 15 May 2015 ## Who can bid - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender The Appropriate Adult (AA) Service is to be provided in the Weymouth and Bournemouth Police custody suites and it is felt, by commissioners, that the Appropriate Adults Service has enhanced the Liaison and Diversion scheme (L&D), freed up considerable Social Work and Mental Health practitioner time, and met the statutory responsibilities of the Police. Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole cover an area of 1024 square miles with a growing population in excess of 700,000. A large conurbation exists in Bournemouth and the rest of the area is a mix of rural countryside, medium and small, mainly market, towns. Dorset currently has two 24 hour custody suites located in Bournemouth and in Weymouth. The AA scheme will link closely with the L&D scheme in both custody suites ensuring that appropriate referrals are made and those resources are used appropriately, freeing up mental health practitioner time to complete mental health and learning disability assessments and progressing offenders along appropriate treatment pathways. The links between mental health, learning disabilities, criminal behaviours and substance misuse are well established. Local activity figures in the custody suites give evidence to the size and ongoing nature of this problem. NHS mental health and learning disability services are now delivered by one NHS Trust, Dorset Healthcare University Foundation and the three Local Authority areas are served by Dorset Police and Dorset Probation as pan Dorset Agencies Additional information: [supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk](https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk) Read full description ## CPV classification Guidance and counselling services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/72b6a811-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) 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. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Dorset County Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/dorset-county-council) [Sector More Health and social work tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/health-social-work) ## More tenders like this [Non Clinical Integrated Crisis Model · Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust · 28 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15a0a-9b5d-738b-8218-2141df568f5d/non-clinical-integrated-crisis-model) [Pharmaceutical Dispensing Services including the Supply and Delivery of Medicine · Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · 45 days left · 4 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15a0a-a09e-739f-b8ff-413c088ac2a4/pharmaceutical-dispensing-services-including-the-supply-and-delivery-of-medicine) [2026 - Aberdeen City - Integrated Children with Disabilities Services · Aberdeen City Council · 42 days left · 1 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1592e-ec2f-73b8-a16d-0305bfde1756/2026-aberdeen-city-integrated-children-with-disabilities-services) [Medical practice services – Usługi medyczne obejmujące profilaktyczne badania lekarskie (wstępne, okresowe, kontrolne, dodatkowe, sanitarno-epidemiologiczne, badania diagnostyczne, laboratoryjne, konsultacje specjalistyczne) żołnierzy i pracowników jednostek i instytucji z rejonu odpowiedzialności 24 WOG w Giżycku z podziałem na 4 zadania w 2027r. · 24 Wojskowy Oddział Gospodarczy · 15 days left · 4 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-7d95-70ec-8f76-458d7aa7a9e6/poland-medical-practice-services-uslugi-medyczne-obejmujace-profilaktyczne-b) [Welfare services for children and young people – Einrichtung, Organisation und Betrieb einer Ganztagsferienbetreuung · Landkreis Diepholz · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-7b3c-72d6-bf80-e1ddde45aeec/germany-welfare-services-for-children-and-young-people-einrichtung-organisa) [Social services – Prestations d’insertion sociale et professionnelle par l’emploi de personnes rencontrant des difficultés d’accès ou de maintien dans l’emploi. · Mairie de Suresnes · 34 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-63f0-7244-b886-26f1f32ff13b/france-social-services-prestations-dinsertion-sociale-et-professionnelle-pa)