Awarded contract

Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service Re-Tender for London Borough of Barnet

Details

Buyer: London Borough of Barnet Council
Supplier(s): Action for Children Services Ltd
Value: £859,428.54
Duration: 6 years
Topic: Social services
Published: 10 July 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Both the Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services (IVS) are statutory provisions that provider service delivery to Children in Care (CiC) for IVS and also Child Protection (CP) cases, Care Leavers and Kinship Care for Advocacy for children and young people. We are Tendering both services as Lots under one tender. Lot 1 - Advocacy and Lot 2 IVS. ## Contract award Title: Advocacy Service Lots: - Lot Lot 1: Advocacy Service ## Contract award Title: Independent Visitors Service Lots: - Lot Lot 2: Independent Visitors Service

Timeline

Completed: Award date8 July 2026
Completed: Award published10 July 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date4 August 2032in 6 years

About the buyer

London Borough of Barnet Council buys as a local authority for the borough, procuring supplies and services both externally and from its own service areas. Current tenders are advertised through Delta eSourcing, the council's dedicated e-sourcing portal. New suppliers register through the council's online purchase-to-pay onboarding process. A public contracts register has listed every compliant contract awarded since January 2011. Social value is weighed alongside price whenever the council procures or commissions a service. The council procures from small and medium enterprises and voluntary sector organisations alongside larger contractors.

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 Barnet Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, business services and agricultural machinery.

Relevant CPV codes

85320000 · Social services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-barnet-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-barnet-council.gov
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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-barnet-council.gov
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Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-barnet-council.gov