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title: "Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights Services: Looked After, Child Protection Processes and Continuing Care"
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# Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights Services: Looked After, Child Protection Processes and Continuing Care

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-advocacy-and-children-s-rights-services-looked-after-child-protection-processe-ocds-h6vhtk-05eb47). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The City of Edinburgh Council: "Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights Services: Looked After, Child Protection Processes and Continuing Care". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,290,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The City of Edinburgh Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-city-of-edinburgh-council-ons-s12000036)
- **Published Value:** £1,290,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 April 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services, Social work services, Welfare services for children and young people
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,290,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05eb47`

## 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/independent-advocacy-and-children-s-rights-services-looked-after-child-protection-processe-ocds-h6vhtk-05eb47#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-advocacy-and-children-s-rights-services-looked-after-child-protection-processe-ocds-h6vhtk-05eb47#participate

## Description
Provision of an Independent Advocacy and Children’s Right Service for Children and Young People (C&YP) involved in child protection processes, looked after both away from home and at home and those in continuing care.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 85310000, 85311300
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,290,000
- **Description:** Appointment of a sole Provider to deliver the specified service. An open procurement process was followed where by the Single Procurement Document (SPD) was utilised to identify suitable Tenderers through mandatory pass/fail questions and in terms of...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 071171-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Who Cares? Scotland**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-183281`
  - Value: £1,290,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 071171-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,290,000
  - Signed Date: 16/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F071171-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-28T11:19:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T03:18:32.794Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05eb47