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title: "Childrens' Advocacy (SEND and Social Care) and Independent Visiting Service"
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# Childrens' Advocacy (SEND and Social Care) and Independent Visiting Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/childrens-advocacy-send-and-social-care-and-independent-visiting-service-ocds-h6vhtk-036734). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Provision of advocacy (Social Care and SEND) and independent visitors for children and young people in care. B&NES would like to invite organisations that provide the above services for children and young people to a market engagement session on Thursday 6th October 2022, 10am-12pm.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Bath & North East Somerset Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bath-north-east-somerset-council-ons-e06000022)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £708,625 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-036734`

## 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/childrens-advocacy-send-and-social-care-and-independent-visiting-service-ocds-h6vhtk-036734#tl-md)

## Description
Provision of advocacy (Social Care and SEND) and independent visitors for children and young people in care.
B&NES would like to invite organisations that provide the above services for children and young people to a market engagement session on Thursday 6th October 2022, 10am-12pm. To register to attend the session please email: kay_sibley@bathnes.gov.uk
Independent advocacy whether it is statutory or non-statutory help and support children and young people to have as much influence and control as possible over their lives. Advocates work in partnership with the children and young people they support and take their side.
Independent Visitors (IV) are often the only constant person in a child or young person’s life. The advocacy and IV services currently provided meet a number of different needs in specific circumstances including helping children and young people understand information, express their needs and wishes, secure their rights, represent their interests and befriending them (IV).

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £708,625

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025339-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-09T10:54:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T16:29:52.030Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-036734