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Published 24 Oct 2024, 14:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lancashire Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service

Official notice

Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,068,700exc. VAT
Submissions closed 22 Nov 2024awarded 6 Mar 2025
Awarded to THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCACY SERVICE

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lancashire County Council is seeking tenders for the provision of Services for Lancashire Children's Right, Advocacy and Independent Visitors Service.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Authority is seeking to commission a Lancashire Children's Rights, Advocacy, and…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,068,700

The Authority is seeking to commission a Lancashire Children's Rights, Advocacy, and Independent Visitors Service.

The purpose of the Service is to provide support to Children and Young People (CYP) who meet the criteria for the Service, through the following elements:

I. Advocacy

II. Independent Visitors

The Service aims to ensure that vulnerable Children and Young People have the opportunity to influence decisions, policies and practices that affect their lives.

The purpose of the Service is to provide independent advocacy support to eligible Children and Young People and to manage and sustain a pool of volunteer Independent Visitors for Children Looked After (CLA), to fulfil the requirements set out in legislation and the accompanying regulations and guidance.

Delivery: North West
Extensions: The initial Contract period will be 3 years, after such time the Authority may extend the Contract by any number of defined periods, provided that the total duration does not exceed 5 years.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Oct 2024, 14:58 BST
Last source update
6 Mar 2025, 11:39 GMT
Award evaluation window
22 Nov 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008180
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b0fc Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
22 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Nov 2024 → 6 Mar 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    22 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    22 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    6 Mar 2025, 11:39 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Mar 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Mar 2025, 11:39 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    6 Mar 2025, 11:39 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,068,7001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCACY SERVICESME£1,068,700 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Lancashire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Preston, North West, PR10LDContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London
  • Royal Courts of Justice - The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria