Advocacy Services for Children, Young People & Adults

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. Lots: Children's Advocacy and Independent Visiting Services; Adult Advocacy Services; Out-of-Area Advocacy Services for children and young people placed outside Plymouth

Category: services

• Procurement method: Open procedure
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• Notice documentOpen (opens the source site)

Published

23 Oct 2026

First seen by Atlas

24 Oct 2026

Briefing session

Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.

Submission deadline

13 Nov 2026, 14:00 SAST

Estimated value

£7.2m

Contract type

Open procedure

Category

services

Source

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