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Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service Re-Tender for London Borough of Barnet

London Borough of Barnet · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 03:42.

Opportunity overview

Both the Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services (IVS) are statutory provisions that provider service delivery to Children in Care (CiC) for IVS and also Child Protection (CP) cases, Care Leavers and Kinship Care for Advocacy for children and young people. We are Tendering both services as Lots under one tender. Lot 1 - Advocacy and Lot 2 IVS.

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.

Action For Children

Matched by number
Published award value
£571.4k
Awarded
7 Jul 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 04764232
Location
Watford, UKH23, WD18 8AG, United Kingdom

Action For Children

Matched by number
Published award value
£288k
Awarded
7 Jul 2026
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 04764232
Location
Watford, UKH23, WD18 8AG, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot Lot 1Value not stated
  • Lot Lot 2Value not stated

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
997723115
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
Lot 1
Status
complete
Entry 2
Id
Lot 2
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
London Borough of Barnet
Id
GB-PPON-PQGD-7479-CGVN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PQGD-7479-CGVN

Address

Street Address
2 Bristol Avenue
Locality
London
Postal Code
NW9 4EW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI71

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Action For Children
Id
GB-COH-04764232

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
04764232

Address

Street Address
3 The Boulevard,, Ascot Road,
Locality
Watford
Postal Code
WD18 8AG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH23

Contact

Name
Steve Wilkinson

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Advocacy Service
Status
active
Date
8 Jul 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
8 Jul 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
Lot 1
Related Lot
Lot 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85320000
Description
Social services

Value

Including VAT
685,714
Amount
571,428.54
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-04764232
Name
Action For Children

Contract period

Starts
5 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
4 Aug 2032, 23:59

Related lots

Lot 1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
064995-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
10 Jul 2026, 09:56
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
19 Jul 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Award 2
Id
2
Title
Independent Visitors Service
Status
active
Date
8 Jul 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
8 Jul 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
Lot 2
Related Lot
Lot 2

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85320000
Description
Social services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI71
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
345,600
Amount
288,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-04764232
Name
Action For Children

Contract period

Starts
12 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
4 Aug 2032, 23:59

Related lots

Lot 2

Documents

Entry 1
Id
064995-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
10 Jul 2026, 09:56
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
2
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
10 Aug 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI71 · NW9 4EW · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 034094-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 064995-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·