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title: "Provision of Independent Advocacy & Independent Visitor Services"
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# Provision of Independent Advocacy & Independent Visitor Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-independent-advocacy-independent-visitor-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05ce4e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bradford Children & Families Trust: "Provision of Independent Advocacy & Independent Visitor Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £810,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Nov 2025, 11:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bradford Children & Families Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bradford-children-families-trust-GB-PPON-PRBL-9974-CGBN)
- **Published Value:** £810,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 November 2025 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services, Social work services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-independent-advocacy-independent-visitor-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05ce4e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05ce4e`

## 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-independent-advocacy-independent-visitor-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05ce4e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D99144%26B%3D)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-independent-advocacy-independent-visitor-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05ce4e#participate

## Description
Partners from Bradford Children and Families Trust and the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council are working together to review and develop Independent Visiting and Advocacy Services for Bradford's Looked-After Children or Care Leavers. Legislation imposes a duty on local authorities to make arrangements for the provision of advocacy and to appoint an independent visitor for children and young people intending to make representations under the Children Act 1989 (Adoption and Children Act 2002). As well as requiring an Independent Visiting and Advocate service to meet its statutory obligations, Bradford Children’s and Families Trust wishes to work with the successful partner to adopt a casework approach which will utilise generic lessons learnt from advocates' work to develop more child-centred services. Children and young people eligible to receive a service are aged 0 to 21 years and up to 25 in the case of Care Leavers in full-time education The Trust BCFT is seeking to work with providers who can demonstrate continual improvements in value for money achieved by deploying efficient and innovative ways to meet the needs of the children and young people The programme of services is divided into 2 Lots, which are as follows: • Lot 1: Independent Advocacy for Looked After Children • Lot 2: Independent Visitor Services The contracts will commence from 1st April 2026, for an initial period of 2 years, with 1 option to extend by up to 12 months.

## Lots (2)
### Lot LOT-0001: Lot 1: Independent Advocacy for Looked After Children
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 85310000

- **Estimated Value:** £600,000
- **Description:** The central role of an advocate is to support children and young people to express their wishes and feelings to decision-makers, and ensure their rights are upheld. The Service will offer professional, high-quality independent advocacy to children an...
- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot LOT-0002: Lot 2: Independent Visitor Services
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0002`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 85310000

- **Estimated Value:** £210,000
- **Description:** An Independent Visitor’s role is to visit and befriend a child in care who has little or no family time with their birth parents and would benefit from having an adult in their lives who can give them support, advice and take an interest in their aff...
- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F066046-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-16T15:30:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T09:10:26.643Z
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