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# Provision of an Advocacy Service for parents with children in or on the edge of care

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-an-advocacy-service-for-parents-with-children-in-or-on-the-edge-of-care-ocds-h6vhtk-064ee2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Medway Council: "Provision of an Advocacy Service for parents with children in or on the edge of care". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Mar 2026, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Medway Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/medway-council-ons-e06000035)
- **Published Value:** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 March 2026 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services, Social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ41
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-an-advocacy-service-for-parents-with-children-in-or-on-the-edge-of-care-ocds-h6vhtk-064ee2#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-064ee2`

## 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/provision-of-an-advocacy-service-for-parents-with-children-in-or-on-the-edge-of-care-ocds-h6vhtk-064ee2#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [kentbusinessportal.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kentbusinessportal.org.uk%2Frespond%2F3EUG35KYV8)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-an-advocacy-service-for-parents-with-children-in-or-on-the-edge-of-care-ocds-h6vhtk-064ee2#participate

## Description
Medway Council believes that where appropriate and safe to do so, every effort should be made to support families to keep their children with their family setting. The Advocacy service for parents will work in a multi-disciplinary way to support families on the edge of care and those with children already in care to build their strength and emotional resilience. Giving them the confidence to access support and services to ensure they can safely keep their children in their care.
The service will provide high quality advocacy support to families to enable them to address the issues and challenges in their lives that may prevent them from keeping their children. These may include issues such as:
-Poor emotional wellbeing
-Poor physical and mental health
-Experience of Trauma
-Significant Learning disability
-Limited access to community support and services
-Inconsistent use of contraception
-Continued experience of Domestic Violence
-Ongoing Substance Misuse
-Inadequate Housing
-Financial Hardship
Direct work with families will recognise differences in experiences of these and other factors providing a holistic, well-rounded support focused on building a family’s stability to work through these factors to safely support their child or children.
It is likely that the majority of families supported by this service will be in pre-proceedings, some families may have already had children removed. 
The service will support families as directed by the Medway Family Partnership Co-ordinator. Note – Families refers to working with both parents (either jointly or separately) or working with single parents (either Mum or Dad).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 85310000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2026 to 30/06/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

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

  - Supplier(s): **Libra Partnership Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-72198`
  - Value: £1,000,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 02/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012829-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-03T16:19:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T02:28:05.142Z
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