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# Children's Independent Advocacy Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-independent-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04886b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Wakefield Council: "Children's Independent Advocacy Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,115,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: yortender.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Wakefield Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wakefield-council-ons-e08000036)
- **Published Value:** £1,115,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 September 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Welfare services for children and young people
- **Delivery Location:** UKE45
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,115,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04886b`

## 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/children-s-independent-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04886b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [yortender.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyortender.eu-supply.com%2Flogin.asp%3FB%3DYORTENDER)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-independent-advocacy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04886b#participate

## Description
The Local Authority has a statutory duty to provide those children and young people supported by Children's social care and with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities with an independent Advocate.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £1,115,000
- **Description:** This service fall under light touch services.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 038116-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **VoiceAbility Advocacy**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:3798884`
  - Value: £1,115,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 038116-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,115,000
  - Signed Date: 26/11/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F038116-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-26T10:13:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T16:06:31.185Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04886b