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title: "Youth Voice"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0478cc"
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buyer: "SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2024-07-03"
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# Youth Voice

Buyer: SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0478cc

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## Summary

Southampton City Council has issued a tender for the "Youth Voice" project aimed at enhancing engagement with young people for informed decision-making. This service commission seeks to coordinate and expand existing youth activities for better policy inclusion. The procurement process is in the planning stage, with a contract value anticipated to be £50,000 to £70,000, running from 1st September to 31st March 2025. Interested parties can contact Marie Woodhouse at marie.woodhouse@nhs.net for more details.

The "Youth Voice" tender by Southampton City Council offers opportunities for businesses focused on youth engagement and participation services. Businesses local to Southampton with experience in delivering such services, including facilitating youth councils and participation forums, are well-suited to compete. Prospective bidders can contribute to shaping future youth involvement initiatives, influencing council policies and providing care support to young people in need.

## Notice

Southampton City Council is ambitious for engagement and co-production with young people and wants to see young people's voices central to policy, provision and decision making going forward. The Council facilitates the Youth Parliament, the annual Make Your Mark consultation, the Junior Joint Area Review, Junior Wardens and the election of the Children's Mayor and more recently has been working in partnership with #Beewell to better understand children and young people's perception of their health and wellbeing. Alongside these Council activities, there is a wealth of youth engagement activity led by other organisations across the city, including the Voluntary and Community sector. With the commissioning of the Youth Voice Service, the Council is looking to build on, better coordinate and grow this existing activity to realise its ambition of putting young people's voice at the heart of decision making.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Over the course of the next 6 months, Southampton City Council will be working with partners across the city to co-produce a future model of engagement and co-production with young people for delivery in 2025/26. In the short term however, the Council is looking to work with one or two VCSE providers, local to the Southampton area and with existing experience in delivering these services, to deliver a number of core participation activities, including: * Delivery of the Southampton Young Mayor initiative a) in terms of ensuring successful attendance at events & influencing council activity and b) managing the selection process to appoint a new Mayor in December. * Establishing the Youth Council with strong engagement from all schools, and young people's groups in the election process and supporting it to have a voice in chambers of the council. * Facilitation of the following forums to have strong and broad representation and to actively influence Council policies: Young People in Care Council, Junior Young People in Care Council, Care Leavers Forum (Southampton Voices Unite). This will also include young people's representation at Southampton's Corporate Parenting Board. Ensuring their experience is shared with members. Supporting children and young people to use their voice and where necessary strengthen their ability to have challenging conversations about the care they have received. * Delivery of care experienced apprenticeship scheme which will further create future opportunities for the city's care experienced young people. * Mapping existing participation groups and activities in relation to SEND and establishing a mechanism for enabling these groups to feed into the Council's SEND strategic activity. * Development and delivery of a young advisors/inspector's programme focussing on the 3 Child Friendly priorities The Council would be very interested to hear from organisations that may be interested in delivering these services. If a procurement is undertaken as the result of the advertising of this PIN, then PCRs 2015 Regulation 77 - Reserved Contracts will apply, further information is available at Procurement Policy Note 11/20: Reserving below threshold procurements - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Additional information: The contract term is anticipated to be from 1 September to 31 March 2025, and the total anticipated contract value is in the range value of PS65,000 to PS70,000. PS70,000 is the maximum total value and is subject to review. For further information please email Marie Woodhouse - marie.woodhouse@nhs.net Expressions of interest are to be made to tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020202-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning, Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 4 Aug 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | SOUTHAMPTON |
| Post town | Southampton |
| Postcode | SO14 7LY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ32 Southampton |
| Local authority | Southampton |
| Electoral ward | Bargate |
| Westminster constituency | Southampton Itchen |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services

### Codes

- 75123000 - Administrative housing services

## Release History

- 3 Jul 2024 at 07:40 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020202-2024
- 1 Jul 2024 at 14:24 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019969-2024

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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