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title: "Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services"
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# Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services

Buyer: CORNWALL COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b585164c-030c-4aa9-b42c-d33fb5aedebd

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## Summary

The Cornwall Council is currently in the planning stage for a tender titled "Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services." This procurement falls under the health and social work services industry category and carries a contract value of £550,850. The engagement end date for interested parties is set for 30th June 2020. The services aim to support vulnerable children in care, particularly those with limited contact with their birth families, ensuring their needs are adequately addressed.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that specialise in child welfare and advocacy services. Companies that can offer innovative solutions to improve the well-being and educational prospects of children in care will be well-positioned to compete for this contract, thereby contributing to critical social initiatives while enhancing their business portfolio.

## Notice

This service will support to the strategic priority of protecting children from significant harm by providing children in care who do not have any, or limited, contact with their birth families, or where it is considered to be in the best interest of a child, with an adult to visit, advise and befriend them. These services will make a significant contribution to the priorities for development identified in the Corporate Parenting Strategy which includes; * Educational aspiration, progress and attainment * Participation and advocacy; * Further improving the access of care leavers to education, training and employment; * Increasing the range of safe moving-on accommodation for care leavers; * Refreshing the Transitions Policy * Further improving access for care leavers to specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - CAMHS. Services for young people In Care will also ensure the following seven pledges to Children and Young People in Care are actively promoted; * To find the best available home for you * To help you stay in touch with your family and friends * To help you stay healthy * To support you to do your best at school and college * To help and support you to move on from care * To help you to participate and make sure your voice is heard in the decisions about you * To help you stay and feel safe

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/59f47362-344c-4b77-a833-f68eb933e7dc |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Jun 2020 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 30 Jun 2020 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £550,850 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CORNWALL COUNCIL |
| Locality | TRURO |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode | TR1 3AY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Electoral ward | Truro Boscawen & Redannick |
| Westminster constituency | Truro and Falmouth |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 16 Jun 2020 at 13:52 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/59f47362-344c-4b77-a833-f68eb933e7dc

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/59f47362-344c-4b77-a833-f68eb933e7dc
  16th June 2020 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cornwall.gov.uk

## Provenance

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