# SOL - Children's Advocacy and Independent Services

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Solihull MBC \(SOL\).

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Solihull MBC \(SOL\)](/buyers/solihull-mbc-sol/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £606,000
- Published: 17 December 2021
- Contract start: 1 July 2022
- Contract end: 30 June 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a7fc7679-aeeb-4776-ad2a-e1373cdfaf5a-494904
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9bee3fc0-e186-4882-9017-f8347f818c3b

## Description

SMBC seeks to commission Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services to support Children within the borough\. SMBC Vision is for Solihull to be a place where everyone has equal chance to be healthier, happier, safer and more prosperous; where all children and young people are loved and values by their families and communities and thrive and succeed\. Our purpose is to be an organisation that improves lives rather than focuses on services\. This includes enabling and supporting people with special educational needs and disabilities \(SEND\) to take a full and active part in community life\. There is a statutory duty to provide an Advocacy Service to looked after children, children who are not looked after but are in need, and to care experienced young people, for both formal and informal complaints under the 1989 Children Act\. Additionally, the Act states that children and young people should be able to secure the support of an advocate in putting forward their wishes and feelings with regards to a change to be made in the service they receive, or the establishment they live in, without this having to be framed first as a specific complaint\. There is a statutory duty to provide an Independent Visitor service outlined within this specification under the Children Act 1989 - New section \(23ZB\) and subsequently amended by the Children & Young Persons Act 2008\. Local Authorities are required to appoint an Independent person for children and young people looked after whenever an authority considers an appointment to be in the best interests of a child\. SMBC want to commission this service to support children and young people within the borough with this service\. Additional information: Dear Supplier, Please click the link to go to CSW-Jets, login and navigate to the opportunitity \(\`\`\) and select the \`Correspondence\` tab, where you\`ll find the correspondence message sent from the Local Authority: 1\. Log into CSW-JETS; 2\. Hover over the 'Contracts' Tab at the top of the page; 3\. Select 'Current'; 4\. Using the search functionality on the left hand side of the page, insert the name or reference in the search bar or scroll down the page to find the opportunity; 5\. Click on 'View Details'; 6\. Click on the 'Correspondence' Tab to view the correspondence\. Kind regards, Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Shared Procurement Service\. Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a7fc7679-aeeb-4776-ad2a-e1373cdfaf5a-494904)