Lincolnshire Independent Advocacy Services - Find a freedom of information request

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.

Lincolnshire Independent Advocacy Services:

The details we require are:

1) What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract?

2) Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages 3) Actual spend on this contract (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date

4) Start date & duration of contract?

5) Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?

6) Is there an extension clause in the contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?

7) Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?

8) Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. Please note page 75 of the attached detailing the KPIs

2. There was no PQQ stage. The following Providers submitted a bid in response to the ITT for the Lincolnshire Independent Advocacy Services.

- Citizens Advice Mid Mercia

- Cloverleaf Advocacy

- PoHwer

- Rethink

- Solutions 4 Health

- The Advocacy People

- Together

- Voiceability

The Council went out to tender for one Provider to deliver all types of Advocacy.

Voiceability was the successful Provider.

3. Spend from 1st July 2021 to 30th June 2022 was £818,921

4. Please see paragraph 2.6 on Page 6.

5. As Attached

6. There is extension available. Please see paragraph 2.6 on Page 6

7. No

8. Glen Garrod, Executive Director of Adult Care and Community Wellbeing