# Appropriate Adults Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Lincolnshire County Council](/buyers/lincolnshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [The Appropriate Adult Service Limited](/contract-winners/appropriate-adult-service/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £350,000
- Tender value: £350,000
- Award date: 9 November 2021
- Published: 10 November 2021
- Contract start: 1 December 2021
- Contract end: 30 November 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: bbd90ed5-4f69-4f7e-a9c8-1ea7c1af4d7f-484490
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c1c08e2a-1a73-463d-ac0b-cd462630ac45

## Description

Lincolnshire County Council are procuring an Appropriate Adult Service\. The service will attend for CYP \(those without suitable representation\) and vulnerable adults \(as defined by PACE Code C\) who are detained in police custody or attend voluntary interviews as a suspect, as required by Lincolnshire Police\. The service will operate within the boundary of Lincolnshire 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year\. The presence of an Appropriate Adult \(AA\) provides one of the essential checks and balances within the criminal justice process and ensures that the rights of vulnerable adults, CYP are protected\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bbd90ed5-4f69-4f7e-a9c8-1ea7c1af4d7f-484490)