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Lancashire Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service

Lancashire County Council · compiled

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Opportunity overview

Lancashire County Council is seeking tenders for the provision of Services for Lancashire Children's Right, Advocacy and Independent Visitors Service.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Contract value
£1.1m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
6 Mar 2025
Award ID
008180-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 02722134
Location
Birkenhead, UKD4, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • The Authority is seeking to commission a Lancashire Children's Rights, Advocacy, and Independent Visitors Service. The purpose of the Service is to provide support to Children and Young People (CYP) who meet the criteria for the Service, through the following elements: I. Advocacy II. Independent Visitors The Service aims to ensure that vulnerable Children and Young People have the opportunity to influence decisions, policies and practices that affect their lives. The purpose of the Service is to provide independent advocacy support to eligible Children and Young People and to manage and sustain a pool of volunteer Independent Visitors for Children Looked After (CLA), to fulfil the requirements set out in legislation and the accompanying regulations and guidance.£1.1m

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04b0fc
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
22 Nov 2024, 12:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Expected award period

Starts
22 Nov 2024, 12:00

Tender Period

Ends
22 Nov 2024, 11:00

Classification

Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
The Authority is seeking to commission a Lancashire Children's Rights, Advocacy, and Independent Visitors Service. The purpose of the Service is to provide support to Children and Young People (CYP) who meet the criteria for the Service, through the following elements: I. Advocacy II. Independent Visitors The Service aims to ensure that vulnerable Children and Young People have the opportunity to influence decisions, policies and practices that affect their lives. The purpose of the Service is to provide independent advocacy support to eligible Children and Young People and to manage and sustain a pool of volunteer Independent Visitors for Children Looked After (CLA), to fulfil the requirements set out in legislation and the accompanying regulations and guidance.

Value

Amount
1,068,700
Currency
GBP

Renewal

Description
The initial Contract period will be 3 years, after such time the Authority may extend the Contract by any number of defined periods, provided that the total duration does not exceed 5 years.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,800

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD4
Entry 2
Region
UKD4

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-1587
Name
Lancashire County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD45
Locality
Preston
Postal Code
PR18XJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Fishergate

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Lancashire County Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Contact

Name
Procurement Care-Health
Telephone
+44 1772538206
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-66525
Name
Royal Courts of Justice

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
WC2A 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The High Court

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Royal Courts of Justice
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-139989
Name
Lancashire County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD45
Locality
Preston
Postal Code
PR10LD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Lancashire County Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Contact

Organisation 4
Id
GB-COH-02722134
Name
The National Youth Advocacy Service

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKD4
Locality
Birkenhead
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
02722134
Scheme
GB-COH
Legal Name
The National Youth Advocacy Service
Organisation 5
Id
GB-FTS-3216
Name
Royal Courts of Justice - The High Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
WC2A 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Royal Courts of Justice - The High Court

Award information

Award 1
Id
008180-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02722134
Name
The National Youth Advocacy Service

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
008180-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
008180-2025-1
Date Signed
6 Mar 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
1,068,700
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Preston · UKD45 · PR10LD · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD4

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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