Coming up· published 3 Jun 2025
Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service 2025
Bristol City Council · Bristol, City of, South West
Bristol City Council is planning Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service 2025. It is a contract for other health and social care in Bristol, City of.
Source: Find a Tender, published 3 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 13:17
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2025
Contract starts
Next
2028
Contract ends
2½ years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Bristol City Council is planning Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service 2025. It is a contract for other health and social care in Bristol, City of. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 1 December 2025 to 31 August 2028. It lasts 2½ years.
Find a Tender published it on 3 June 2025. The notice number is 029529-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-052b93.
Summary of the contracting process
Bristol City Council is in the planning stage of its procurement process for the "Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service 2025." This initiative falls under the services industry category, specifically targeting health and social work services. The council seeks to appoint providers for two separate lots: Advocacy Service for Children in Care, Care Leavers, and Children Subject to Child Protection Conferences, and an Independent Visitor Service for Children in Care.
The location of this procurement process is Bristol, United Kingdom, within the UKK11 region, and it is a public authority under sub-central government. Key dates include a provider engagement event scheduled for 17th June 2025, with the contract period expected to start on 1st December 2025 and potentially extend until 31st August 2031.
The engagement offers a chance for established organisations and emerging enterprises to secure a contract with Bristol City Council, allowing them to expand their service offerings within the public sector.
The notice in full
The council wishes to appoint a provider(s) for the provision of Lot 1: Advocacy Service for Children in Care, Care Leavers and Children Subject to Child Protection Conferences and Lot 2: Independent Visitor Service for Children in Care Light touch regime - above threshold
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 1 Dec 2025 to 31 Aug 2028 (2½ years)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 029529-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052b93
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Town
- Bristol
- Postcode
- BS3 9FS
- Electoral ward
- Bedminster
- Constituency
- Bristol South
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Bristol, City of
- Area
- West of England
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Bristol City Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Ms Caroline Bennet-Clark
- Address
- Bristol, BS3 9FS · South West · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029529-2025
- Eventbrite.co.ukeventbrite.co.uk/e/1394559889169
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-052b93 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service 2025
When will the Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service 2025 tender open?
Bristol City Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How long is the Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service 2025 contract?
The contract runs from 1 December 2025 to 31 August 2028 (2½ years).
Who is the buyer for Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service 2025?
Bristol City Council, based in Bristol, City of, South West. The named contact is Ms Caroline Bennet-Clark.
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
- Gather your evidence and case studies now.
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- Watch for the tender notice.
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