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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Worcestershire County Council

An Independent Children's Advice and Representation Service (Advocacy) to children looked after, Care Leavers, Children in Need and Child Protection And Independent Visitor Service for Looked after Children and Care Leavers (CSC23091) - AWARD

HealthcareCPV 85300000 85311300
Value£54k
Awarded27 Sept 2024
Published8 Jan 2025
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£54ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits below the typical range for Health & Social Care contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Worcestershire County Council is tendering for an Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service for eligible children and young people.

Local Authorities have a duty to make arrangements for advocacy support for children and young people in receipt of social care services who want to express their views or make a complaint.

The service will be accessible for all children open to WCC Children's Services, who have a Child in Need Plan, Child Protection Plan, a Looked after Care Plan or Care Leavers with a Pathway Plan.

Independent Visitors are volunteers who befriend and spend time with a child or young person within Local Authority care.

The service is for the provision of an Independent Visitor scheme for children and young people who are Looked After by WCC Children's Services or a Care Leaver.

The child or young person may be in a placement within Worcestershire or in another Local Authority area.

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Following this, if you wish to apply for this opportunity please click `Opt in` which will then enable you to view and complete the Standard Questionnaire and upload the relevant documents.

After uploading all required documents and completing the questionnaire(s) please remember to press the `Submit your Return` button at the bottom of the page.

Suppliers will receive a system generated email to confirm successful submission of their return.

Any questions or clarification should be conducted via `Correspondence` through this portal.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Local Authorities have a duty to make

Local Authorities have a duty to make arrangements for advocacy support for children and young people in receipt of social care services who want to express their views or make a complaint.

02

Any questions or clarification should be conducted

Any questions or clarification should be conducted via `Correspondence` through this portal.

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Source & provenance
OCID
d322e5c0-a630-4e06-81e3-486e861e13e3
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
IT-336-4230-WCC 00004230 - AWARD
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