Closed tender

INDEPENDENT VISITORS SERVICE FOR CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER

Details

Buyer: London Borough of Bromley
Value: £375,807
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 30 May 2025
Submission: 27 June 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The London Borough of Bromley ("the Council") is inviting tenders from potential providers with the relevant experience and technical ability to deliver INDEPENDENT VISITORS SERVICE FOR CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER. Independent Visitors provide a support and befriending service to children and young people who are in care. The primary aims of the Independent Visitor is to: 1.1 Visit, advise and befriend the young person, taking a long-term interest in their welfare and development. This is achieved through regular visits. 1.2 To provide a consistent adult figure in the young person's life, when there is no family member able to take on this role. 1.3 To facilitate and support the development of children and young people to develop meaningful relationships.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published30 May 2025
Current notice
Completed: Submission date27 June 2025

About the buyer

London Borough of Bromley buys as a local authority, with its own procurement team based at the Civic Centre. Contract opportunities are advertised through ProContract, accessed via the London Tenders Portal used by councils across London. Suppliers register free on the portal to receive notifications and access tender documents for advertised opportunities. Larger contracts also appear on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the national procurement portals. The council's contract procedure rules set out how procurement is carried out for different types of contract. Procurement decisions aim for value for money through competition between suppliers.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of London Borough of Bromley's contract awards have been in construction work, software and information systems and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-bromley.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-bromley.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-bromley.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-bromley.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-bromley.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-bromley.gov