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<TED_EXPORT><NOTICE_DATA><NO_DOC_EXT>2026-000006</NO_DOC_EXT><DOC_ID>004693-2026</DOC_ID><URI_DOC>https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004693-2026</URI_DOC><PUBLISHED>2026-01-20T11:08:54Z</PUBLISHED></NOTICE_DATA><FORM_SECTION>
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      <date>2026-01-20T11:08:54Z</date>
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        <name>Manchester City Council</name>
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          <id>PLNV-8798-LDMP</id>
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          <streetAddress>Town Hall Extension</streetAddress>
          <locality>Manchester</locality>
          <postalCode>M60 2LA</postalCode>
          <country>GB</country>
          <countryName>United Kingdom</countryName>
          <region>UKD33</region>
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        <contactPoint>
          <email>procurement@manchester.gov.uk</email>
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          <url>https://www.manchester.gov.uk/</url>
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      <buyer>
        <id>GB-PPON-PLNV-8798-LDMP</id>
        <name>Manchester City Council</name>
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            <p>Manchester City Council in a bid to co-design the contract,  invites existing and prospective providers of Children and Young People Advocacy and Independent Visitors service to submit a brief outlining their capacity and capability to deliver the specified provision.</p>
            <p>Submissions should be sent to:</p>
            <p>Bukola Aransiola, Senior Commissioning &amp; Contracts Officer</p>
            <p>Bukola.Aransiola@manchester.gov.uk  by 30th January 2026.</p>
            <p>In the brief, Manchester City Council seeks to understand </p>
            <p>Market capacity and capability</p>
            <p>Innovative delivery options</p>
            <p>Potential Risks, barriers and cost drivers.</p>
          </description>
          <dueDate>2026-01-30T23:59:59Z</dueDate>
          <status>scheduled</status>
        </milestones>
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        <title>Children and Young People Independent Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service</title>
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          <p>Advocacy Service - Provide independent support for Manchester Children and Young People who are cared for or Care Leavers to ensure that they are actively contributing to the development and implementation of their plan. Ensuring that their wishes, feelings and lived experience are taken into account when decisions are being taken about their lives. </p>
          <p>The objective of the service is  to provide a Children&#039;s Rights and Advocacy Service, which safeguards eligible Children and Young People in order to protect them from abuse and poor practice and to ensure that all relevant children and young people have the confidence and ability to actively contribute and direct  the development and implementation of their care plans.  </p>
          <p>The Independent Visitors Service - provides trained volunteers who befriend and support children in care, offering them a stable and positive adult relationship outside of their care arrangements. </p>
          <p>The purpose of the Service is to manage the recruitment, training and matching of Volunteer Independent Visitors who can befriend, visit and assist Children and Young People who are cared for.</p>
          <p>Possibly 3 years contract with option to extend for 1+1</p>
        </description>
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            <scheme>CPV</scheme>
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            <region>UKD33</region>
          </deliveryAddresses>
          <relatedLot>1</relatedLot>
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        <mainProcurementCategory>services</mainProcurementCategory>
        <specialRegime>lightTouch</specialRegime>
        <aboveThreshold>true</aboveThreshold>
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          <id>1</id>
          <suitability>
            <sme>true</sme>
            <vcse>true</vcse>
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          <contractPeriod>
            <startDate>2026-11-01T00:00:00Z</startDate>
            <endDate>2029-10-31T23:59:59Z</endDate>
            <maxExtentDate>2031-10-31T23:59:59Z</maxExtentDate>
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          <hasRenewal>true</hasRenewal>
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      <language>en</language>
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