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Awarded · ResultStage · award

Dorset Council

The Provision of Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services for Children and Young People

Community ServicesCPV 85300000
Value£1,145,649
Awarded
Published10 May 2024
RegionNationwide

£1,145,649 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded
The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)

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

Who to contact
Commercial and Procurement Team
dp@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
+44 1305221250

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.1mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

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.

The brief

The Council is seeking a suitable Provider to provide Advocacy and Independent Visitor (IV) services.

As Dorset Council has a statutory duty to provide an independent advocacy service that supports children and young people to have their views and wishes taken into account when key decisions are being made about their lives.

The Council also has a statutory duty to provide an independent visitor (IV) service for looked after children if they believe that it would be in the child’s best interest to have one.

It is anticipated that the contract will commence on the 1 August 2024 for an initial contract period of 3 years, with the options to extend annually for a further 3 years (3+1+1+1).

Therefore, if all available extensions were taken the total contract period would be 6 years.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

As Dorset Council has a statutory duty

As Dorset Council has a statutory duty to provide an independent advocacy service that supports children and young people to have their views and wishes taken into account when key decisions are being made about their lives.

02

The Council also has a statutory duty

The Council also has a statutory duty to provide an independent visitor (IV) service for looked after children if they believe that it would be in the child’s best interest to have one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e4e0
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
014947-2024
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