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# All Age Advocacy Service and Independent Visiting Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/all-age-advocacy-service-and-independent-visiting-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02eab6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Suffolk County Council: "All Age Advocacy Service and Independent Visiting Service". Published status: active. Published Value: £4,975,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Suffolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council-ons-e10000029)
- **Published Value:** £4,975,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 November 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Guidance and counselling services, Social services, Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
- **Delivery Location:** UKH14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02eab6`

## 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/all-age-advocacy-service-and-independent-visiting-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02eab6#tl-md)

## Description
Suffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of - Lot 1 - All Age Advocacy Service - The service will be required to offer an integrated advocacy service, meeting all the statutory requirements placed on Suffolk County Council for the provision of advocacy. Lot 2 - Independent Visiting Service  - To provide an independent visiting service for eligible children in care.We will contract with a single organisation for each Lot who will act as lead partner/organisation and be accountable to us for the full delivery of the contract, including the services delivered by their partners/sub contractors. This is a Light Touch Regime tender. The deadline date for submissions of the tender is  10th November 2021. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 27th October 2021 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website

## Lots (2)
### Lot Lot 1: Lot 1 - All Age Advocacy Service
- **Lot id:** `Lot 1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85312300, 85312400, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £4,850,000
- **Description:** The service will be required to offer an integrated advocacy service, meeting all the statutory requirements placed on Suffolk County Council for the provision of advocacy. We will contract with a single organisation for each Lot who will act as lead...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2022 to 31/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot Lot 2: Independent Visiting Service
- **Lot id:** `Lot 2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85312300, 85312400, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** To provide an independent visiting service for eligible children in care. Additional information: This tender is a Light Touch Regime open tender with negotiation.
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2022 to 31/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025417-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-11T23:14:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T01:27:10.148Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02eab6