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# Advocacy Support Services - Provider Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/advocacy-support-services-provider-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-029e61). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Central Bedfordshire Council: "Advocacy Support Services - Provider Engagement". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £321,291. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Central Bedfordshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/central-bedfordshire-council-ons-e06000056)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £321,291 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services, Health and social work services, Health services, Miscellaneous health services, Other community, social and personal services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKH25
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029e61`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/advocacy-support-services-provider-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-029e61#tl-md)

## Description
Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC), Bedford Borough Council (BBC) and Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (BCCG) jointly commission advocacy support services for Bedfordshire vulnerable residents (excluding Luton).  The current contract is due to end on 31st March 2022 so we are entering into a tendering process for a new contract to start on 1st April 2022.As part of our pre-procurement research we want to engage with advocacy providers to gather your views to help us redesign the Bedfordshire advocacy offer.We have already received very helpful feedback from our engagement exercises with current and previous advocacy customers and from internal and external stakeholdersWe have prepared a presentation explaining Bedfordshire’s current advocacy position and our next steps considerations.  At the end of the presentation there is a link to a short questionnaire for you to complete.  Your feedback will assist us greatly in developing our advocacy support services for the future.We would be very grateful if you could spare a moment to complete our survey.  Here is the link to the questionnaire:https://centralbedfordshire.researchfeedback.net/s.asp?k=161642946594All responses need to be received by 09.04.21 at the latest.In order to obtain a copy of the our presentation, if you are having difficulties in gaining access to the survey or have any general questions, please email strategic.commissioning@centralbedfordshire.gov.ukWe really appreciate your help and time.Thank you in advance.CBC Commissioning, BBC Commissioning and BCCG

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 75200000, 85100000, 85140000, 85323000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC), Bedford Borough Council (BBC) and Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (BCCG) jointly commission advocacy support services for Bedfordshire vulnerable residents (excluding Luton).  The current contract is due ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005872-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-23T14:49:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T11:01:07.168Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029e61