Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service 2025

Official notice

Authority: Bristol City Council (Local council)

Services

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice

Contract term 2 yrs 9 moends 1 Sept 2028 · up to 1 Sept 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The council wishes to appoint a provider(s) for the provision of

Lot 1: Advocacy Service for Children in Care, Care Leavers and Children Subject to Child Protection Conferences

and

Lot 2: Independent Visitor Service for Children in Care

Light touch regime - above threshold

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs 9 mo

Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 1 Sept 2028 (2 yrs 9 mo) · up to 1 Sept 2030 with extensions

Extensions: Extension options published

85000000 Health and social work services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 Jun 2025, 11:20 BST
Last source update: 17 Jun 2025, 11:20 BST
Authority reference: DN775586
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-032856
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Health and social work services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-054e07 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

17 Jun 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
17 Jun 2025, 11:20 BST
Market engagement
18 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
An event for providers to find out about our Advocacy and Independent Visitors recommission & the upcoming tendering process.
Wednesday, June 25 · 11am - 12:30pm
Online Event
Here’s the link to register for the event:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1394559889169 ↗
Contract starts331 days ago
1 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
17 Jun 2025, 11:20 BST
UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bristol City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWXH-3837-PDTD Bristol City Council, P O Box 3176, Bristol, South West, BS3 9FSContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender17 Jun 2025, 11:20 BST