Official UK procurement notice
Gloucestershire Children and Young People's Advocacy Service
Authority: Gloucestershire County Council- (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGloucestershire County Council are recommissioning their children and young peoples` advocacy service.
The service aims to maintain the responsibility to deliver effective, value for money provision for children and young people along with statutory duties. In line with new guidance, we are also seeking to expand this service to provide support to parents
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to ensuring that children and young people are listened to, understand their rights and are supported to participate in decisions that affect their lives. Independent advocacy is a vital component of achieving this ambition and ensuring that children's voices remain central to planning, review and decision-making processes.
- No preliminary market engagement: Preliminary market engagement notice UK 2 2026/S 000-045414.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,199,992
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Sept 2026, 16:36 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 10:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
PZHT-7473-ZVPN- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085091- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published46 days ago8 Sept 2026, 16:36 BST
- Clarification questions by16 days ago8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 days ago8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 39 days2 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 158 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Sept 2026- Tender notice published8 Sept 2026, 16:36 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published9 Sept 2026, 10:18 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
How to access tender documents
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications How to access and respond to this opportunity To access and respond to this Gloucestershire County Council opportunity, suppliers must be registered to the SAP Business Network. It is free to register and use. Log in or register at: https://service.ariba.com/Authenticator.aw/ad/s…
- Bidding documents and specifications How to access and respond to this opportunity To access and respond to this Gloucestershire County Council opportunity, suppliers must be registered to the SAP Business Network. It is free to register and use. Use the link provided in the notice to view and participate in this op…
Notices published for this procedure
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