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# All Age Advocacy Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/all-age-advocacy-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-069574). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Suffolk County Council: "All Age Advocacy Services". Published status: active. Dynamic Market Estimate: £5,438,400. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT. Published submission portal: supplier.in-tend.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 7 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Suffolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council-ons-e10000029)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** £5,438,400 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 October 2026 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH, UKH1
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/all-age-advocacy-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-069574#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-069574`

## 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-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-069574#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplier.in-tend.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplier.in-tend.co.uk%2Fsuffolksourcing%2Ftenders%2Fdetails%2F3058c7b7-3420-469b-8516-f7b4cfdcb335)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/all-age-advocacy-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-069574#participate

## Description
Suffolk County Council is seeking tenders from sufficiently experienced and qualified contractors for the provision of All Age Advocacy Service.
The Suffolk Independent All Age Advocacy Service to provide an integrated, high quality, flexible and cost-effective advocacy service which meets all the statutory requirements placed on Suffolk County Council  for the provision of independent advocacy for adults, children and young people.
The maximum contract value is £5,438,400 exclusive of VAT for the duration of the contract including extension.
The VAT amount included is 20% standard rate, however in some circumstances VAT may be exempt or chargeable at a different rate.
The contract term is three years (36 months) with an option to extend for up to a further three  x 1-year extensions (36 months).
The Deadline date for submission of the tender is 29/10/2026 at 11.00AM.
Tender Submission will be electronically via the Suffolk Sourcing e-Tendering System at;
https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/suffolksourcing/tenders/details/3058c7b7-3420-469b-8516-f7b4cfdcb335
Please note late returns will NOT be permitted.  The deadline for clarification questions is 14/10/2026 at 5.00pm, which must be generated via the correspondence option within Suffolk Sourcing.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £5,438,400

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F092818-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-01T12:38:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:28:32.111Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-069574