Official UK procurement notice
Torbay Independent Advocacy Service for Children and Young People
Authority: Torbay Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPreviously, Torbay’s Independent Advocacy Services for Children and Young People (the including Independent Visiting Service) has been delivered as part of Torbay’s 0-19 Integrated Service. Following a review of these services Torbay are now seeking to procure an externally commissioned Provider to deliver high quality independent Advocacy Services for Children and Young People. A1.3 The service will have three distinct areas of delivery:
- Advocacy for children and young people on a Child Protection Plan or who are Cared for aged 8 – 18 years or Care Experienced young people up to the age of 25 years. To represent and support them to participate in key meetings and decisions that affect their lives and ensure services and interventions remain child centred.
- Advocacy for young people aged 16 or 17 who present to the Council as homeless (Youth Homeless Advocacy).
- An Independent Visitor Service for children and young people under 18 years old, which will provide volunteers to act as positive role models to visit, befriend, advise and guide the young person they are matched to work with.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£389,037
- Condition of participation
Questions relating to conditions of participation can be found in the tender pack within Part 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire, specifically under Part 3 of that document. The following are being used as the conditions of participation for this tender:
Financial Capacity - evidence of economic and financial standing.
Insurances - confirmation of ability to obtain the relevant levels of insurance required if awarded the contract prior to the start date.
Legal Capacity - compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation, including details of technical facilities and measures.
Technical Ability - relevant experience and contract examples.
Sub-contractor Management - where applicable.
Organisational Standards - confirmation of organisational qualifications or standards.
Tackling Modern Slavery in Supply Chains - where applicable.
Plans, Policies & Accreditations - confirmation that bidding organisations hold the relevant policies, plans and accreditations.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Method Statements and Technical Question: 70%
- Price: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Method Statements and Technical Question: There are 4 method statements in total making up 65.00% of the maximum available marks. These method statements are designed to test the applicant's ability to deliver the requirements of the specification. The four method statements are broken down into the following areas: Implementation and Mobilisation (10.00%) Service Delivery Model (20.00%) Restorative approaches to working with children and young people (20.00%); and Organisational Structures and Processes (15.00%). There is 1 technical question relating specifically to contract-specific Data Collection and Data Processing, the sub-criteria for this question is 5.00%.
- Social Value: There are two criteria for social value: Qualitative criteria is designed to test the applicant's ability to demonstrate how they would deliver against their chosen social value commitments. The sub-weighting for this element is 7.00% Quantitative criteria is assessed against the total monetary commitment of applicant's social value commitment. The sub-weighting for this element is 3.00%
- Price: The price will be evaluated against the Applicant's submitted total cost of the full term of the contract, including the possible 12-month extension.
- Condition of participation
Questions relating to conditions of participation can be found in the tender pack within Part 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire, specifically under Part 3 of that document. The following are being used as the conditions of participation for this tender:
Financial Capacity - evidence of economic and financial standing.
Insurances - confirmation of ability to obtain the relevant levels of insurance required if awarded the contract prior to the start date.
Legal Capacity - compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation, including details of technical facilities and measures.
Technical Ability - relevant experience and contract examples.
Sub-contractor Management - where applicable.
Organisational Standards - confirmation of organisational qualifications or standards.
Tackling Modern Slavery in Supply Chains - where applicable.
Plans, Policies & Accreditations - confirmation that bidding organisations hold the relevant policies, plans and accreditations.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Sept 2025, 14:32 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2026, 14:10 BST
- Authority reference
TCS6224- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054334- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059510Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the Tender Documents the Authority is providing the Documents in PDF format in the Opportunities Area of the ProContract e-Tendering portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ In order to access amendable versions of the Documents and to submit a response Applicants must be registered as Suppliers on ProContract. Applicants should then express an interest in the opportunity and download the Word and Excel format Documents for completion and submission.
Timeline
5 Sept 2025 → 28 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published5 Sept 2025, 14:32 BST
- Clarification questions by17 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline386 days ago6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published91 days ago28 Jul 2026, 14:10 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Sept 2025- Tender notice published5 Sept 2025, 14:32 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 10:46 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST17 Sept 2025, 10:46 BST+7 days · was 29 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract details notice published28 Jul 2026, 14:10 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete28 Jul 2026, 14:10 BST
Published amendments (1)
The tender submission deadline has been moved from 29 September 2025 at 12 Noon to 06 October 2025 at 12 Noon.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Society | £298,522 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Torbay Independent Advocacy Service for Children and Young People · The Children's Society
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £298,522
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract can be extended for up to a further 12 months
- Options
- Appropriate changes to ensure continued compliance with relevant legislation. Appropriate changes to ensure continued best practice. Decrease or increase in service provision. Service delivery model - in the case of the service not meeting the needs of Torbay’s young people, or expansion of service need to include other service areas requiring Independent Advocacy support
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Children’s Society LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the Tender Documents the Authority is providing the Documents in PDF format in the Opportunities Area of the ProContract e-Tendering portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk In order to access amendable…
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
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