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Dorset Council

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

HealthcareCPV 85000000 85300000
Value£1,145,649
Awarded9 Feb 2024
Published9 May 2024
RegionSouth West

£1,145,649 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded

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

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. \r \r As Dorset Council has a statutory duty to provide an independent advocacy service that supports children and \r young people to have their views and wishes taken into account when key decisions are being made about their \r lives. The Council also has a statutory duty to provide an independent visitor (IV) service for looked after children \r if they believe that it would be in the child's best interest to have one. \r \r It is anticipated that the contract will commence on the 1 August 2024 for an initial contract period of 3 years, \r with the options to extend annually for a further 3 years (3+1+1+1).

Therefore, if all available extensions were \r 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 \r.

02

Lives. The Council also has a statutory duty

lives. The Council also has a statutory duty to provide an independent visitor (IV) service for looked after children \r.

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OCID
f84af7d9-0723-4554-a9be-32dde8da6936
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
DORST001-DN680785-09633944
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