Tender: Children's Rights Service — Advocacy and Independent Visitor Support for Looked‑After, Leaving Care and Privately Fostered Children

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A contracting authority is seeking a supplier for an independent Children's Rights Service providing advocacy, representation and Independent Visitor services for children and young people who are looked after or leaving care, are privately fostered, have disabilities, or require advocacy at Child Protection Conferences. The service must support a minimum of 40 children and young people at any one time, provide representatives for at least 50 Child Protection or ACYP meetings per year, be flexible and child‑centred, and comply with statutory duties including the Children Act 1989 and Care Planning Regulations 2010. Expressions of interest must be submitted through the e‑tendering system; documents are available at www.eastmidstenders.org (search TD2371). Expressions of interest close at 11:30pm on Monday 27 July 2026 and tender returns are due by 10:00am on Tuesday 28 July 2026. This procurement takes place within the context of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), and the estimated contract value includes indicative potential future requirements or increases in scope for planning purposes but does not represent committed spend; the contract is intended to be scalable.