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title: "Family Group Decision Making, Kinship Care Support and Advocacy Services"
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# Family Group Decision Making, Kinship Care Support and Advocacy Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/family-group-decision-making-kinship-care-support-and-advocacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03136c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Lothian Council: "Family Group Decision Making, Kinship Care Support and Advocacy Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [East Lothian Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-lothian-council-ons-s12000010)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 March 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM73
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,094,994 (exc. VAT, 3 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03136c`

## 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/family-group-decision-making-kinship-care-support-and-advocacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03136c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/family-group-decision-making-kinship-care-support-and-advocacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03136c#participate

## Description
Award of Contract.  East Lothian Council’s Children’s Services require suitably trained and experienced providers to supply services to meet the needs and outcomes of children, young people and their families/carers living in East Lothian.   The services consist of Family Group Decision Making; Kinship Care Support; and Advocacy and Rights Work.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Family Group Decision Making
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Services will look to put families at the centre of deciding how best their child/ young person can be cared for, identifying their solutions to the challenges they face, and look to maintain the child or young person within the family group and ...

### Lot 2: Kinship Care Support
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Kinship Care Support Service will give support to those family members/friends who step in, either on a short or long term basis; to give the necessary support to their child/ young person to ensure they have dependable, enduring relationships wi...

### Lot 3: Advocacy and Rights Work
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Advocacy and Rights provision will ensure that where it is necessary to place a child or young person in a statutory service such as being looked after at home, or within foster or residential care, either within or outwith East Lothian, their vo...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** Family Group Decision Making (active)
  - Award id: `012515-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Children 1st**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-20899`
  - Value: £570,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Kinship Care Support (active)
  - Award id: `012515-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Children 1st**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-20899`
  - Value: £270,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Advocacy and Rights Work (active)
  - Award id: `012515-2022-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Who Cares? Scotland**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-183281`
  - Value: £254,994 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** Family Group Decision Making (active)
  - Signed Value: £570,000
  - Signed Date: 18/04/2022

- **Contract:** Kinship Care Support (active)
  - Signed Value: £270,000
  - Signed Date: 18/04/2022

- **Contract:** Advocacy and Rights Work (active)
  - Signed Value: £254,994
  - Signed Date: 18/04/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012515-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-13T14:21:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T09:32:38.318Z
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