Provision of Independent Advocacy, Return to Care Interviews, and Independent Visitor Services for Looked After Children
Bradford Metropolitan District Council · Awarded contract
AwardedProvision of Independent Advocacy, Return to Care Interviews, and Independent Visitor Services for Looked After Children
Awarded 02 Jan 2018
Awarded02 Jan 2018
Value£350,378.00
SupplierNYAS,Advocacy Focus
RegionYorkshire and The Humber
CategoryPublic Services & Welfare
Ended 6y 9mo ago2y 1mo term
Awarded 2 Jan 2018Expired 31 Jan 2020
About
Bradford Metropolitan District Council awarded a contract to NYAS and Advocacy Focus for the delivery of three statutory services for Looked After Children and Care Leavers: independent advocacy, return to care interviews for children who have been absent or missing, and independent visitor services.
The contract value is £350,378.
Similar open tenders12
TenderCloses
Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitors Service – Borough Council of Bolton (April 2027 start)Public Services & Welfare
26 Nov 2026
Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitors Service – Bolton Borough CouncilPublic Services & Welfare
26 Nov 2026
Integrated Advocacy and Independent Visiting Service for Plymouth Residents – Adults, Children & FamiliesPublic Services & Welfare
13 Nov 2026
Independent Visitor Service for Looked After Children and Young People (Ages 3–18) — SwanseaPublic Services & Welfare
04 Dec 2026
Adult and Children's Independent Advocacy Services – Bury Council & Greater Manchester ICBPublic Services & Welfare
16 Nov 2026
Independent Visitors Service — Recruit and Match Volunteer Befrienders for Looked After Children in HackneyPublic Services & Welfare
09 Nov 2026
All-Age Independent Advocacy Service for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly – Cornwall Council contract starting 01 April 2027Public Services & Welfare
12 Nov 2026
Liverpool City Council – Integrated Advocacy Service (Statutory and Non-Statutory)Public Services & Welfare
16 Nov 2026
All-Age Independent Advocacy Service for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly – Contract from 1 April 2027Public Services & Welfare
12 Nov 2026
Independent Advocacy Services for Children and Young People — Perth and Kinross CouncilPublic Services & Welfare
07 Dec 2026
Child-Focused Courts IDVA Support Service — South YorkshirePublic Services & Welfare
24 Nov 2026
Independent Fostering Agency Services for Looked After Children & Care Leavers — London Borough of Newham (Lot 4 Round 7)Public Services & Welfare
26 Feb 2027
Other similar contracts12
Contract and supplierAwarded value
Independent Advocacy and Visitor Services for Looked After Children by NYASPublic Services & WelfareNational Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)
$29,177
Independent Advocacy and Visitor Services for Looked After Children by City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilPublic Services & WelfareNational Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)
$59,753
Provision of Advocacy and Return to Care Interviews for Children Missing from Home or CarePublic Services & WelfareThe Children's Society (Services) Limited
$1,202,588
Provision of Advocacy, Independent Visitors, and Return from Missing from Care Interview Service for Isle of Wight CouncilPublic Services & WelfareNYAS
$288,615
Provision of Independent Visitor Service for Looked After Children in HerefordshirePublic Services & WelfareThe National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)
$265,000
Provision of Independent Visitors Service for Looked-After ChildrenPublic Services & WelfareNational Youth Advocacy Service
$119,900
Provision of Children's Rights, Advocacy and Independent Visitors Services by NYAS for Halton Borough CouncilPublic Services & WelfareNYAS
$235,000
Provision of Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service for Children and Young People in CarePublic Services & WelfareNYAS
$330,000
Provision of Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services for Children and Young People by Dorset CouncilPublic Services & WelfareThe National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)
$1,145,649
Advocacy Services for Children in Care and Care Leavers by Bristol City CouncilPublic Services & WelfareThe National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)
$94,848
Provision of Children's Advocacy Services for North East Lincolnshire CouncilPublic Services & WelfareNYAS
$75,000
Award of Children's Rights, Advocacy & Independent Visitors Service to NYAS by Lancashire County CouncilPublic Services & WelfareThe National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)
$890,240
Unlock the full platform.
7 days free, then £36/GBP per month. Cancel anytime.
What you get
Find
Find public services and welfare tenders in Yorkshire and The Humber in one place.
We monitor central, devolved and local government portals in near real time and update the feed as tenders are published, so you check one place instead of many.
Search by keyword, or describe your workType a keyword, or switch to AI search and say what your business does.
Narrow it downFilter by category, region and area, or view open tenders on a map.
Provision of Independent Advocacy, Return to Care Interviews, and Independent Visitor Services for Looked After Children
Won by NYAS,Advocacy Focus · Bradford Metropolitan District Council
£350Kawarded
Alerts
Open tenders like this contract, sent to you.
Tell us what you are looking for and we email you when a matching tender is published.
Set it up your wayUse keywords, a description of your work, a location or a distance from a postcode. Up to 10 alerts.
Instant or dailyGet an email when a match is published, or one summary a day.
GmailGovMarketto you
7:00 am2 new public services and welfare tenders
Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitors Service – Borough Council of Bolton (April 2027 start)Public Services & Welfare · Closes 26 Nov 2026
Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitors Service – Bolton Borough CouncilPublic Services & Welfare · Closes 26 Nov 2026
From your alert: Public Services & Welfare
Assess
Size up a tender in minutes.
Before you open a single document, get the requirements, a likely value and who you would be up against.
Requirements from the documentsWho can bid, mandatory criteria, how it is scored, insurance and key dates, each with its source.
Value and competitionAn estimated value from similar awarded contracts, and the suppliers most likely to bid.
Key requirementsFrom 12 documents
Who can bidRegistered commercial cleaners
Mandatory criteriaPolice checks for staff on site
How it is scoredPrice 40%, experience 35%, method 25%
Insurance£20M public liability
Key datesSite visit 14 Oct, closes 28 Oct
Est. value£1.2M – £1.8M
Most likely bidderFacilities firm
Market
Follow NYAS,Advocacy Focus and get alerts when they win again.
Awarded contracts with the supplier and the value, so you can check prices, spot competitors and find work that is coming back to tender.
Supplier and buyer profilesWhat each one has won or awarded, who they work with, and how that is changing.
Contracts ending soonTerms that finish in the next 12 months, which often go back out to tender.
E
Top suppliersEastmere Health ServiceBuyer · 38 contracts
£30.5Mawarded, 12 months
Halvern Facilities8 contracts£12.4M
Orrin Clinical5 contracts£9.1M
Tessel Cleaning Co11 contracts£6.8M
Wexby Linen14 contracts£2.2M
Pipeline
Track your bids from interested to won.
Save a tender in one click and move it through each stage as you work on it.
Work as a teamInvite colleagues so you work from the same list.
Take it with youExport tenders and matches to CSV.
Interested2
Preparing1
Submitted1
Won1
Grounds maintenance panelSaved to your pipeline
InterestedGovBot
Ask a question in plain English.
Find tenders, look up a supplier, or check who won a contract. Just type what you need.
Who wins public services and welfare contracts in Yorkshire and The Humber?
Top suppliers by awarded value
1
2
3
Ask about tenders, suppliers or public bodies
Get started
Get public services and welfare tenders in Yorkshire and The Humber by email.
Find the tender, size it up and track the bid, in one place.
7 days free, then £36/GBP per month
