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All Age Advocacy Services
Live: the notice is at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £5,438,400Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMTOpen for bids.
- Published
- 1 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Suffolk County Council is seeking tenders from sufficiently experienced and qualified contractors for the provision of All Age Advocacy Service.
The Suffolk Independent All Age Advocacy Service to provide an integrated, high quality, flexible and cost-effective advocacy service which meets all the statutory requirements placed on Suffolk County Council for the provision of independent advocacy for adults, children and young people.
The maximum contract value is £5,438,400 exclusive of VAT for the duration of the contract including extension.
The VAT amount included is 20% standard rate, however in some circumstances VAT may be exempt or chargeable at a different rate.
The contract term is three years (36 months) with an option to extend for up to a further three x 1-year extensions (36 months).
The Deadline date for submission of the tender is 29/10/2026 at 11.00AM.
Tender Submission will be electronically via the Suffolk Sourcing e-Tendering System at;
https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/suffolksourcing/tenders/details/3058c7b7-3420-469b-8516-f7b4cfdcb335
Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 14/10/2026 at 5.00pm, which must be generated via the correspondence option within Suffolk Sourcing.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 85000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
5 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 11 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 11 May 2026.
Release 042892-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 3 Jun 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 3 June 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 052106-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 1 Oct 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 1 October 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Thu 29 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT.
Release 092818-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 1 Oct 2026Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 1 October 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Thu 29 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT.
Release 092836-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 1 Oct 2026Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 1 October 2026. Stated change: Known project risks updated
Deadline in this release: Thu 29 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT.
Release 092851-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Related
Where to go next
These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-069574
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Thu 8 Oct 2026, 08:15 BST
- Read at
- Wed 21 Oct 2026, 06:26 BST
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