Notice Information
Notice Title
Lancashire Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service
Notice Description
Lancashire County Council is seeking tenders for the provision of Services for Lancashire Children's Right, Advocacy and Independent Visitors Service.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Authority is seeking to commission a Lancashire Children's Rights, Advocacy, and Independent Visitors Service. The purpose of the Service is to provide support to Children and Young People (CYP) who meet the criteria for the Service, through the following elements: I. Advocacy II. Independent Visitors The Service aims to ensure that vulnerable Children and Young People have the opportunity to influence decisions, policies and practices that affect their lives. The purpose of the Service is to provide independent advocacy support to eligible Children and Young People and to manage and sustain a pool of volunteer Independent Visitors for Children Looked After (CLA), to fulfil the requirements set out in legislation and the accompanying regulations and guidance.
Renewal: The initial Contract period will be 3 years, after such time the Authority may extend the Contract by any number of defined periods, provided that the total duration does not exceed 5 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04b0fc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008180-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,068,700 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,068,700 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,068,700 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Nov 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Mar 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Procurement Care-Health
- Contact Email
- caphprocurement@lancashire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1772538206
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PRESTON
- Postcode
- PR1 8XJ
- Post Town
- Preston
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD45 Mid Lancashire
- Delivery Location
- TLD4 Lancashire
-
- Local Authority
- Preston
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Preston
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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