✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 16:36.
Opportunity overview
There is a statutory duty for all local authorities to provide advocacy services and independent visitors for looked after children and young people.
The children's rights and advocacy service will be available to all Stockport children and young people who have a Social Worker, or a Personal Adviser. Children and young people aged between 0-25 can be supported. This will include children and young people subject to a Team around the Child Plan at Tier 3; children and young people subject to a Child Protection Plan, looked after children, and those young people who have a Pathway Plan. Care leavers with a personal adviser can also access the service.
Classification
CPV85311300 — Welfare services for children and young people
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with an option to extend the contract for a further 2 years.
Award criteria
Description
The contract will be awarded to the tenderer submitting the Most Advantageous Tender. Evaluation will be based on a combination of quality and price criteria. Full details of the evaluation methodology, scoring approach, and weightings will be provided within the Invitation to Tender documentation.
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093929-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a provider of children’s rights, advocacy and independent visitor services for children and young people aged 0–25 who have social care support, including looked-after children, children on child protection plans, care leavers and those with pathway plans.
Who this may suit
Suitable for specialist children’s advocacy, participation, independent visitor and social care support providers able to serve Stockport and the wider UKD3 area.
Key points identified
Service requirementProvide children’s rights and advocacy services and independent visitors for looked-after children and young people.Evidence: "There is a statutory duty for all local authorities to provide advocacy services and independent visitors for looked after children and young people."
Eligible service usersStockport children and young people aged 0–25 who have a Social Worker or Personal Adviser.Evidence: "The children's rights and advocacy service will be available to all Stockport children and young people who have a Social Worker, or a Personal Adviser. Children and young people aged between 0-25 can be supported."
Included cohortsChildren subject to a Team around the Child Plan at Tier 3, Child Protection Plan, looked-after children, young people with a Pathway Plan, and care leavers with a Personal Adviser.Evidence: "This will include children and young people subject to a Team around the Child Plan at Tier 3; children and young people subject to a Child Protection Plan, looked after children, and those young people who have a Pathway Plan. Care leavers with a personal adviser can also access the service."
93% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified2 risks or unknowns
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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a provider of children’s rights, advocacy and independent visitor services for children and young people aged 0–25 who have social care support, including looked-after children, children on child protection plans, care leavers and those with pathway plans.
Who this may suit
Suitable for specialist children’s advocacy, participation, independent visitor and social care support providers able to serve Stockport and the wider UKD3 area.
Key deliverables
Children’s rights and advocacy service
Independent visitor service
Support for eligible children and young people aged 0–25
Support for looked-after children, care leavers, child protection and pathway-plan cohorts
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Service requirement
98% confidence
Provide children’s rights and advocacy services and independent visitors for looked-after children and young people.
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"There is a statutory duty for all local authorities to provide advocacy services and independent visitors for looked after children and young people."
Eligible service users
98% confidence
Stockport children and young people aged 0–25 who have a Social Worker or Personal Adviser.
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"The children's rights and advocacy service will be available to all Stockport children and young people who have a Social Worker, or a Personal Adviser. Children and young people aged between 0-25 can be supported."
Included cohorts
98% confidence
Children subject to a Team around the Child Plan at Tier 3, Child Protection Plan, looked-after children, young people with a Pathway Plan, and care leavers with a Personal Adviser.
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"This will include children and young people subject to a Team around the Child Plan at Tier 3; children and young people subject to a Child Protection Plan, looked after children, and those young people who have a Pathway Plan. Care leavers with a personal adviser can also access the service."
Supplier eligibility requirements
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No supplier selection, financial standing, insurance, safeguarding, staffing or accreditation requirements are stated in the supplied notice data.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated contract value
98% confidence
Up to GBP 175,000.
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Opportunity value_max: 175000 GBP; Lot 1 value_amount: 175000 GBP.
Contract term
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Contract start and end dates are not supplied.
Pricing and payment terms
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No pricing schedule or payment terms are stated in the supplied data.
Children and young people in Stockport aged 0–25 with a Social Worker or Personal Adviser.
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"The children's rights and advocacy service will be available to all Stockport children and young people who have a Social Worker, or a Personal Adviser."
Contract mobilisation date
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Contract start date is not supplied.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Procurement status
99% confidence
Open tender.
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Display status: open; source status: active.
Procedure
99% confidence
Below-threshold open competition.
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Procurement method details: "Below threshold - open competition".
Submission deadline
99% confidence
5 November 2026, 12:00 UTC.
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Submission deadline: 2026-11-05T12:00:00Z.
Notice publication date
99% confidence
5 October 2026.
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Published at: 2026-10-05T15:24:42+01:00.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Limited tender detail
99% confidence
The supplied notice data does not state the contract duration, detailed scope, award criteria, staffing model, safeguarding requirements, insurance requirements or payment terms.
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These details are absent from the supplied opportunity fields and document metadata.
Capacity and safeguarding risk
84% confidence
The service concerns vulnerable children and young people, including looked-after children and care leavers; suppliers should expect safeguarding and suitably qualified workforce considerations, although specific requirements are not stated.
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The stated cohorts include looked-after children, children subject to Child Protection Plans and care leavers. No explicit safeguarding requirements are supplied.
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