Independent Best Interest Assessors 2025 (3)
- Buyer
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Value
- £2,503,200
- Closes
- 1 September 2027
- Where
- Beverley, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is hiring Independent Best Interest Assessors to carry out legal assessments under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 for vulnerable adults who may need their freedom restricted. This is an open framework agreement where assessors can apply once per year, and successful applicants stay on the approved list without needing to reapply each year.
What the buyer wants
• Provide qualified Independent Best Interest Assessors to complete Deprivation of Liberty Standards (DoLS) assessments • Carry out assessments for vulnerable adults across East Riding of Yorkshire and occasionally outside the county • Work on an on-call basis as invited by the council to undertake individual assessments
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
You will almost certainly be disqualified unless you hold formal Best Interest Assessor accreditation and professional registration in a relevant field such as social work, nursing, or occupational therapy: this is not an entry-level contract.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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