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# HCC Sept 2023 - The Provision of Children and Young Persons Advocacy Services for Bedfordshire Borough Council, Hertfordshire County Council and Luton Borough Council

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hcc-sept-2023-the-provision-of-children-and-young-persons-advocacy-services-for-bedfordshi-ocds-h6vhtk-0402af). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hertfordshire County Council: "HCC Sept 2023 - The Provision of Children and Young Persons Advocacy Services for Bedfordshire Borough Council, Hertfordshire County Council and Luton Borough Council". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,900,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Hertfordshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hertfordshire-county-council-ons-e10000015)
- **Published Value:** £1,900,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 November 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services, Social work services without accommodation, Welfare services for children and young people
- **Delivery Location:** UKH23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,900,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hcc-sept-2023-the-provision-of-children-and-young-persons-advocacy-services-for-bedfordshi-ocds-h6vhtk-0402af#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0402af`

## 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/hcc-sept-2023-the-provision-of-children-and-young-persons-advocacy-services-for-bedfordshi-ocds-h6vhtk-0402af#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsupplyhertfordshire%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hcc-sept-2023-the-provision-of-children-and-young-persons-advocacy-services-for-bedfordshi-ocds-h6vhtk-0402af#participate

## Description
Hertfordshire County Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council), along with Luton Borough Council and Bedford Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as the Participating Authorities) went out to a joint procurement for the Provision of Children and Young Persons Advocacy Services. This is an Award Notice and this opportunity has now closed. Please see Section V (Award of Contract) for further details.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 85311300, 85312000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £1,900,000
- **Description:** Hertfordshire County Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council), along with Luton Borough Council and Bedford Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as the Participating Authorities) went out to a joint procurement for the Provision of Childr...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 010716-2024-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The National Youth Advocacy Service**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-176322`
  - Value: £1,900,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 010716-2024-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,900,000
  - Signed Date: 31/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010716-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-03T10:25:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T17:39:37.903Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0402af