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Advocacy Services for Children, Young People & Adults

Buyer: Plymouth City Council
Country: United Kingdom
Category: Health and social work services
Value: £7.2m GBP
Deadline: Closes in 10 days (13 Nov 2026 12:00 UTC+0)
Published: 23 Oct 2026
Procedure: Open
CPV code: 85300000

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What the buyer is asking for

Plymouth City Council is seeking to commission a single integrated Advocacy and Independent Visiting Service for the residents of Plymouth, bringing together a range of statutory and non-statutory advocacy functions for adults, children, young people and families within one cohesive model of delivery. The proposed integrated service is expected to include a range of functions, including: Adult Advocacy Services, such as Care Act Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA), Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Health and Social Care Complaints Advocacy, Court of Protection Representation and associated advocacy functions. Children, Young People and Family Services, including advocacy for eligible children and young people, Independent Visitor Services, parental advocacy, and support linked to Plymouth's Families First Partnership Programme. For further information please see Supplying The South West Portal and search for Procurement opportunity DN834021.

How this compares

This is one of 102 open tenders in United Kingdom for Health and social work services.
Its stated value is higher than 76% of the 100 open tenders in this category that state a value in GBP.
Bidders were given 21 days from publication to the deadline; the median for open tenders in United Kingdom is 30 days.