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# Provision of Children's Advocacy Service in Buckinghamshire

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-children-s-advocacy-service-in-buckinghamshire-ocds-h6vhtk-06d371). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Buckinghamshire Council: "Provision of Children's Advocacy Service in Buckinghamshire". Published status: complete. Contract 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:** [Buckinghamshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/buckinghamshire-council-ons-e06000060)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ13
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £187,617 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-children-s-advocacy-service-in-buckinghamshire-ocds-h6vhtk-06d371#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06d371`

## Before you bid
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- **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-service-in-buckinghamshire-ocds-h6vhtk-06d371#tl-md)

## Description
CONTRACT AWARDED: The Children and Young People (C&YP) Advocacy Service will give children and young people the opportunity to have their voices heard and to enable them to actively participate and put forward their preferences surrounding any process that involves their future care. It will provide them with positive role models who can actively help shape their future and help them develop self-advocacy skills for later in life. 
It is a statutory requirement to provide advocacy services to children if they are receiving care and support from the local authority in order to help them understand and be part of the process when reviewing or setting up care packages, to help them raise concerns and protect their rights. This will include; children with disabilities, asylum seekers & unaccompanied minors, children in ‘out of county’ placements, children in secure units, psychiatric units and hospitals and young carers who do not have adult support due to parental substance misuse or medical infirmity.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCACY SERVICE**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-176322`
  - Value: £187,617 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of Children's Advocacy Service in Buckinghamshire (active)
  - Signed Value: £187,617
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F070374-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-24T13:55:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:13:34.498Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06d371