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# Provision of Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-children-s-advocacy-and-independent-visitor-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02d774). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Southend-on-Sea City Council: "Provision of Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Southend-on-Sea City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southend-on-sea-city-council-ons-e06000033)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £230,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d774`

## 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-children-s-advocacy-and-independent-visitor-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02d774#tl-md)

## Description
Advocacy is about empowering children and young people to make sure that their views and wishes are heard at all times and represented in decision making processes. The Council’s vision is that all children and young people in Southend feel listened to and empowered, have choice and control over their support, and have their rights upheld. Furthermore, the views put forward by children and young people should inform the development of the Council’s services. The service will provide advocacy and independent visiting services for the Council’s Children and Young
People in Care, Care Leavers and Children and Young People who are the subject of Child Protection conferences. The Provider is to allocate suitably trained and supported advocates to children and young people referred to the service by any agreed route to 70 children or young people per annum. The Provider will deliver an Advocacy service to facilitate the voice of individual children and young people in their relationship with the Authority and other agencies as identified by young people in the care of the Authority.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 020485-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **National Youth Advocacy Service**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-176322`
  - Value: £230,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 020485-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £230,000
  - Signed Date: 20/02/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020485-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-20T13:28:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T17:32:00.587Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d774