TD2371 - Children's Rights Service - Advocacy and Independent Visitor Provision
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The deadline for returns is 10.00am on Tuesday 28th July 2026. Documents are available at www.eastmidstenders.org Please search for TD2371. Please note: we will only accept expressions of interest through the e-tendering system.
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This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.
Provision of an independent Children's Rights Service including advocacy, representation, and Independent Visitor services for children and young people who are looked after or leaving care, privately fostered, have disabilities, or require advocacy for Child Protection Conferences.
The service must support a minimum of 40 children and young people at any one time and provide representatives for at least 50 Child Protection or ACYP meetings per year.
The service must be flexible, child centred, and compliant with statutory duties including the Children Act 1989 and Care Planning Regulations 2010.
Please note suppliers wishing to express interest and obtain the documentation must do so by 11.30pm on Monday 27th July 2026.
It is recommended that you express interest and obtain the documentation well before this time to allow sufficient time to prepare and submit a bid.
The deadline for returns is 10.00am on Tuesday 28th July 2026.
Documents are available at www.eastmidstenders.org Please search for TD2371.
Please note: we will only accept expressions of interest through the e-tendering system.
This procurement takes place within in the context of the ongoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), which may result in changes to council structures and service delivery responsibilities during the contract term.
The estimated contract value stated in this notice includes potential future requirements which may arise because of LGR.
This includes indicative increases in service scope or volume over the life of the contract.
These elements are included for planning purposes and flexibility within the contract and do not represent committed spend.
Full details are provided in the tender documents.
This approach is intended to ensure the contract remains scalable and fit for purpose throughout its duration.
What the supplier must deliver
The service must support a minimum
The service must support a minimum of 40 children and young people at any one time and provide representatives for at least 50 Child Protection or ACYP meetings per year.
The service must be flexible, child centred
The service must be flexible, child centred, and compliant with statutory duties including the Children Act 1989 and Care Planning Regulations 2010.
This approach is intended to ensure
This approach is intended to ensure the contract remains scalable and fit for purpose throughout its duration.
Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.
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Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
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- Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
- Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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