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title: "West Berkshire Children's Rights, Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service"
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# West Berkshire Children's Rights, Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/west-berkshire-children-s-rights-advocacy-and-independent-visitor-service-ocds-h6vhtk-055155). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Berkshire District Council: "West Berkshire Children's Rights, Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service". Published status: active. Published Value: £495,627. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Berkshire District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-berkshire-district-council-ons-e06000037)
- **Published Value:** £495,627 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Guidance and counselling services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/west-berkshire-children-s-rights-advocacy-and-independent-visitor-service-ocds-h6vhtk-055155#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055155`

## 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/west-berkshire-children-s-rights-advocacy-and-independent-visitor-service-ocds-h6vhtk-055155#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fwestberks%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/west-berkshire-children-s-rights-advocacy-and-independent-visitor-service-ocds-h6vhtk-055155#participate

## Description
To provide a Children's Rights and Advocacy Service for Children in Need and Children in Care referred to them by the Purchaser, providing approximately 75 contacts per quarter.
Note the Council may require the Contractor to increase this case load, if the Council has a growing requirement. For this we may consider additional batches of 10 referrals however any additional Service(s) are not guaranteed and will be discussed with the Contractor in monitoring meetings.
To provide an Independent Visitor Service for Children in the care of the Purchaser, providing approximately 25-30 matches per year.
To include provision of Mentoring Support for Young People who are on the edge of coming into care and needing additional support, providing up to 5 individual matches per year.
To provide a Mentoring Service for Young People Leaving Care. Providing weekly support to a small group of Young People living in the community, and up to 5 individual matches per year.
Note the Council may require the Contractor to increase these case load(s), if the Council has a growing requirement. Any additional Service(s) are not guaranteed and will be discussed with the Contractor in monitoring meetings.
To meet the National Standards for children's advocacy services.
The service will endeavour to meet the needs of all Children and Young People from diverse cultural backgrounds by providing appropriate resources (for example, translation and interpreting services). The services will be available to all Children and Young People referred into the service in line with the definitions in the Children Act and The Leaving Care Act.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85312300

- **Estimated Value:** £495,627

- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2025 to 30/11/2028
- **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%2F034223-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-16T07:42:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T20:06:55.437Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055155