Coming up· published 27 Nov 2025
Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights
The City of Edinburgh Council · City of Edinburgh, Scotland
The City of Edinburgh Council is planning Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in City of Edinburgh.
Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 28 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice · 00:00
View notice2026
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
The City of Edinburgh Council is planning Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in City of Edinburgh. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £690,000.
Public Contracts Scotland published it on 28 November 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000816781. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Summary of the contracting process
See notice for full details.
About this tender
The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) would like to engage with the market for experienced, providers with a local presence to deliver, an Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights Service. This service will ensure the rights of children and young people who are looked after, are protected and they have the support they require to have their voices heard in matters which affect them.
Please see the attached document titled 'CT1567 PIN notice' for further detail on the requirement.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
The City of Edinburgh Council's vision is that Edinburgh's children and young people enjoy their childhood and reach their potential. Further, the Council is committed to ensuring the promise which Scotland made to care experienced children and young people -- that they will grow up loved, safe and respected, is fulfilled.
This service will be targeted to meet the advocacy and rights needs of: -Children and young people who are Looked After and Accommodated and who live in foster, kinship, residential and secure care. -Children and young people who are deemed to be Looked After and living at home. -Children and young people involved in the Child Protection Process.
The provider shall: -Promote and deliver the service in line with the "Independent Advocacy Principles, Standards & Code of Best Practice", as published by the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance; -Ensure that children and young people who are looked after are empowered to express their needs and wishes; -Put children and young people first; -Be accountable; -Be accessible to children and young people wherever they may be living; and -Be free from conflicts of interest.
This service will not support or accept citizen or peer advocacy as this is not considered appropriate for this cohort of young people.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Children and Young People's Social Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Buyer's portal
- Public Contracts Scotland
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £690,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000816781
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services; 85300000 - Social work and related services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Town
- Edinburgh
- Postcode
- EH8 8BG
- Electoral ward
- City Centre
- Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
- Delivery area
- City of Edinburgh
- Region
- Scotland
- Sub-region
- City of Edinburgh
- Area
- East Central Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- The City of Edinburgh Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Kyro Grieve
- Address
- Edinburgh, EH8 8BG · Scotland · Scotland
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
- Additional PIN Informationpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocumen…
- Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights - The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) would like to engage…publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Public Contracts Scotland portal, to register and bidpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx
- Api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.ukapi.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice
- OCDS record ocds-r6ebe6-0000816781 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-r…
Questions about Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights
When will the Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights tender open?
The City of Edinburgh 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 much is the Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights contract worth?
The estimated value is £690,000.
Who is the buyer for Independent Advocacy and Children's Rights?
The City of Edinburgh Council, based in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The named contact is Kyro Grieve.
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