Notice Information
Notice Title
Advocacy and Independent Visiting Service for Children and Young People
Notice Description
The provision of Advocacy and Independent Visiting Services to Children and Young People of Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC, Merthyr Tydfil CBC and Bridgend CBC. The role of the advocate will be to support a child or young person to make an informed decision with the young person's views and wishes being their sole focus. An advocate will help a child or young person to understand his or her rights and the choices of action that are available, but ultimately, any decisions taken will be the child or young person's own.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The service will represent and ensure the voice of the child/young person is heard as part of the care and support planning process and/or when a child wishes to raise representations over a matter relating to their care and support (and when the child explicitly consents to advocacy support). In delivering the service, the provider shall comply with all regulations, standards, legislation, directions, code of practice and any amendments or replacements relevant to the Service. In particular, it will measure its performance against the National Independent Advocacy Standards and Outcomes Framework for Children and Young People in Wales 2015.. The contract will run for a period of 2 years. Following this, the contract may be further extended up to 1 + 1 year.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-kuma6s-148025
- Publication Source
- Sell2Wales
- Latest Notice
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=148025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts)
- 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
85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,229,936 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 24 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- RHONDDA CYNON TAF CBC
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@merthyr.gov.uk, procurement@rctcbc.gov.uk, procurementteam@bridgend.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1443, +44 1656642596, +44 1685725000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PONTYPRIDD
- Postcode
- CF37 4TH
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL15 Central Valleys, TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
-
- Local Authority
- Bridgend
- Electoral Ward
- Bridgend Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Bridgend
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB497883
Advocacy and Independent Visiting Service for Children and Young People - The provision of Advocacy and Independent Visiting Services to Children and Young People of Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC, Merthyr Tydfil CBC and Bridgend CBC. The role of the advocate will be to support a child or young person to make an informed decision with the young person's views and wishes being their sole focus. An advocate will help a child or young person to understand his or her rights and the choices of action that are available, but ultimately, any decisions taken will be the child or young person's own. -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL531294
Advocacy and Independent Visiting Service for Children and Young People - The provision of Advocacy and Independent Visiting Services to Children and Young People of Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC, Merthyr Tydfil CBC and Bridgend CBC. The role of the advocate will be to support a child or young person to make an informed decision with the young person's views and wishes being their sole focus. An advocate will help a child or young person to understand his or her rights and the choices of action that are available, but ultimately, any decisions taken will be the child or young person's own.
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