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West Berkshire Children's Rights, Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service

West Berkshire Council · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 04:44.

Opportunity overview

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.

Classification

  • CPV85312300 — Guidance and counselling services

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0001£495.6k

Documents and notices

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
P00001569
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
040357-2025
Description
The Tender submission deadline has been extended by two days, to Wednesday 23rd July 2025, 12pm, to ensure sufficient time to all providers to submit bids, following a number of clarification queries, subsequently offering more time to all.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Tender Period

Ends
23 Jul 2025, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
11 Jul 2025, 18:00

Special regime

lightTouch

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0001
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
495,627
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
594,752

Renewal

Description
The Council proposes to enter into a Contract for an initial term of 3 years with the option to extend by 1+1 years for a total term of 5 years. It is noted that any provision to extend is at the discretion of The Council and may require additional approval via internal governance.

Award criteria

Description
The Award Criteria are: • 60 % technical or quality • 30 % cost • 10% social value

Contract period

Ends
30 Nov 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Dec 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
30 Nov 2030, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
LOT-0001
Related Lot
LOT-0001

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85312300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Guidance and counselling services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
034223-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
23 Jun 2025, 08:38
Entry 2
Id
034224-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
23 Jun 2025, 08:47
Entry 3
Id
040357-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
16 Jul 2025, 08:42

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PTXJ-8922-CMNQ
Name
West Berkshire Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ11
Country
GB
Locality
Newbury
Postal Code
RG14 5LD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Market Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PTXJ-8922-CMNQ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Newbury · UKJ11 · RG14 5LD · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-055155-2025-07-16T08:42:36+01:00Tender notice on Find a Tender ·