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title: "INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY (IPA) SUPPORT SERVICE"
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# INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY (IPA) SUPPORT SERVICE

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-professional-advocacy-ipa-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0334a4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Bridgend County Borough Council wishes to invite providers to Tender for the provision of an INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY (IPA) SUPPORT SERVICE for individuals across the County Borough of Bridgend. Providers will be required to deliver a range of services to Individuals that meet the eligibility criteria and who may require advocacy support. Published lot titles: Advocacy Hub; Specialist Statutory IPA service (LD/ASD); Specialist Statutory IPA service (Communication/Support Needs); Accessible Statutory IPA service; Specialist Non-statutory Advocacy service (LD/ASD).

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bridgend County Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bridgend-county-borough-council-ons-w06000013)
- **Published Value:** £840,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 June 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 5
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL17
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0334a4`

## 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-professional-advocacy-ipa-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0334a4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-professional-advocacy-ipa-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0334a4#participate

## Description
Bridgend County Borough Council wishes to invite providers to Tender for the provision of an INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY (IPA) SUPPORT SERVICE for individuals across the County Borough of Bridgend. Providers will be required to deliver a range of services to Individuals that meet the eligibility criteria and who may require advocacy support.

## Lots (5)
### Lot 1: Advocacy Hub
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** Advocacy Hub: central contact point with provision of information, signposting and referral function;

### Lot 2: Specialist Statutory IPA service (LD/ASD)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** Specialist Statutory IPA service (LD/ASD): for learning disabilities and clients with Autistic Spectrum Conditions

### Lot 3: Specialist Statutory IPA service (Communication/Support Needs)
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** Specialist Statutory IPA service (Communication/Support Needs): based on specialist communication or support needs including dementia, mental health, sensory impairment, physical disabilities or life-limiting conditions

### Lot 4: Accessible Statutory IPA service
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** Accessible Statutory IPA service: to ensure that as many people as possible are able to access an IPA as needed including care home residents, unpaid carers (including parent-carers) and any other eligible clients identified

### Lot 5: Specialist Non-statutory Advocacy service (LD/ASD)
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** Specialist Non-statutory Advocacy service (LD/ASD): for people with learning disabilities or with an Autistic Spectrum Condition who require non-statutory advocacy, and who are facilitated to offer peer support, develop skills for independence, as we...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011783-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-06T08:11:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-08T19:58:41.066Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0334a4