Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Independent Advocacy Services for Children and Young People
Notice Description
Powys County Council "the Council" on behalf of Mid and West Wales region (Powys, Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire) is seeking a Service Provider(s) to provide independent professional advocacy services for children and young people for whom there is a statutory entitlement, via 4 Lots: Lot 1 - Independent Professional Advocacy Lot 2 - Independent Visiting Service Lot 3 - Complaints in relation to the NHS Service Lot 4 - Regional/Local Safeguarding Boards Lots 1 & 2 are to be delivered together. The contract is being let under the Light Touch Regime in accordance with Section 15 of the Procurement Act 2023. This procurement is being conducted under the provisions of Section 9 of the Procurement Act 2023 and governed by the Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024, which govern light touch contracts for specified services.
Lot Information
Lot 1 - Independent Professional Advocacy
description: Lot 1 - Independent Professional Advocacy
Renewal: option to extend for up to a further 1 year,
Lot 2 - Independent Visiting Servicedescription: Lot 2 - Independent Visiting Service
Renewal: option to extend for up to a further 1 year,
Lot 3 - Complaints in relation to NHS Service (Powys Teaching Health Board and Hywel Dda University Health Board)Description: Lot 3 - Complaints in relation to NHS Service (Powys Teaching Health Board and Hywel Dda University Health Board)
Renewal: Option to extend for up to a further 1 year
Lot 4 - Local Safeguarding Board (Ceredigion County Council).description: Lot 4 - Local Safeguarding Board (Ceredigion County Council).
Renewal: Option to extend for up to a further 1 year
Planning Information
Meet the Buyer Event via Microsoft Teams 29/01/2026
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05235f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014177-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,474,348 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,474,348 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Feb 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Mar 20262 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 9 Feb 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2028-10-02
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Sharon Noble
- Contact Email
- sharon.noble@powys.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LLANDRINDOD WELLS
- Postcode
- LD1 5LG
- Post Town
- Llandrindod Wells
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL41 Mid Wales
- Delivery Location
- TLL14 South West Wales, TLL24 Powys
-
- Local Authority
- Powys
- Electoral Ward
- Llandrindod South
- Westminster Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014177-2026
17th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006961-2026
27th January 2026 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006726-2026
26th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026591-2025
23rd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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