Buyer Name: Bradford Children & Families Trust
Buyer Address: Sir Henry Mitchell House, 4 Manchester Road, Bradford, UKE41, BD5 0QL, United Kingdom
Contact Name: BCFT Procurement
Contact Email: Tenders@bradfordcft.org.uk
Contact Telephone: +44 01234567890
Partners from Bradford Children and Families Trust and the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council are working together to review and develop Independent Visiting and Advocacy Services for Bradford's Looked-After Children or Care Leavers. Legislation imposes a duty on local authorities to make arrangements for the provision of advocacy and to appoint an independent visitor for children and young people intending to make representations under the Children Act 1989 (Adoption and Children Act 2002). As well as requiring an Independent Visiting and Advocate service to meet its statutory obligations, Bradford Children’s and Families Trust wishes to work with the successful partner to adopt a casework approach which will utilise generic lessons learnt from advocates' work to develop more child-centred services. Children and young people eligible to receive a service are aged 0 to 21 years and up to 25 in the case of Care Leavers in full-time education The Trust BCFT is seeking to work with providers who can demonstrate continual improvements in value for money achieved by deploying efficient and innovative ways to meet the needs of the children and young people The programme of services is divided into 2 Lots, which are as follows: • Lot 1: Independent Advocacy for Looked After Children • Lot 2: Independent Visitor Services The contracts will commence from 1st April 2026, for an initial period of 2 years, with 1 option to extend by up to 12 months.
No linked documents found for this notice.
External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066046-2025
Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender
Lot Title: Lot 1: Independent Advocacy for Looked After Children
Lot Description: The central role of an advocate is to support children and young people to express their wishes and feelings to decision-makers, and ensure their rights are upheld. The Service will offer professional, high-quality independent advocacy to children and young people across all categories of need, who are users of Children’s Social Care.
Lot LOT-0001 Status: active
Lot LOT-0001 Value: GBP 600,000.00
Lot LOT-0001 Value (Gross): GBP 720,000.00
Lot LOT-0001 Contract Start: 2026-04-01T00:00:00Z
Lot LOT-0001 Contract End: 2028-03-31T23:59:59Z
Lot LOT-0001 SME Suitable: Yes
Lot LOT-0001 Award Criterion (quality): Quality Criteria (70%)
Lot LOT-0001 Award Criterion (price): Price (30%)
Lot Title: Lot 2: Independent Visitor Services
Lot Description: An Independent Visitor’s role is to visit and befriend a child in care who has little or no family time with their birth parents and would benefit from having an adult in their lives who can give them support, advice and take an interest in their affairs. The objective of the Independent Visitor Service is to recruit, train, match, and manage a pool of volunteer Independent Visitors for the population of children in care covered within the scope of this specification.
Lot LOT-0002 Status: active
Lot LOT-0002 Value: GBP 210,000.00
Lot LOT-0002 Value (Gross): GBP 252,000.00
Lot LOT-0002 Contract Start: 2026-04-01T00:00:00Z
Lot LOT-0002 Contract End: 2028-03-31T23:59:59Z
Lot LOT-0002 SME Suitable: Yes
Lot LOT-0002 Award Criterion (quality): Quality Criteria (70%)
Lot LOT-0002 Award Criterion (price): Price (30%)
Document Description: Not published
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