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Advocacy Services for Children, Young People & Adults

Details

Buyer: Plymouth City Council
Value: £7,160,000
Topic: Social work and related services
Published: 23 October 2026
Submission: 13 November 2026in 3 weeks
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

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.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published23 October 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date13 November 2026in 3 weeks

About the buyer

Plymouth City Council buys as a local authority, running its own Procurement Service for construction, facilities management, professional services, and environment and transport contracts. A separate Strategic Co-operative Commissioning Team handles social care and healthcare contracts instead.

A rolling Capital Procurement Pipeline gives suppliers advance notice of upcoming construction and infrastructure work.

Over the past 5 years, most of Plymouth City Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and architectural and engineering services.