# Advocacy Services

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [London Borough of Hackney](/buyers/london-borough-of-hackney/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £2,600,000
- Published: 5 July 2017
- Planned start: 5 March 2018
- Planned end: 6 March 2023
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 30712802-ad07-49af-b7f3-e390b114877a-158409
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a061935b-4917-4177-a68f-19aa8117910c

## Description

Commissioners have brought all statutory and non-statutory advocacy services together under a Single Lead Provider model to deliver both efficiencies and a more service-user focused, coherent and flexible service model\. The Single Lead Provider shall be contracted to deliver both statutory and non-statutory advocacy in the London Borough of Hackney\. The Service shall centre on a single referral management and screening Advocacy Hub\. The Advocacy Hub shall direct appropriate advocacy referrals to the correct type of advocacy service\. This shall result in a seamless and more efficient service\. The Single Lead Provider shall sub-contract all 'non-statutory' advocacy casework to local small and medium-sized enterprises \(SMEs\)\. This shall support local sustainability and reflect the diversity of Hackney and the needs of its residents and shall leave a legacy that shall last beyond the life of the contract\. In developing the non-statutory advocacy service the Single Lead Provider shall work in partnership with local SMEs to develop and deliver alternative approaches to advocacy such as peer advocacy, citizen advocacy and self-advocacy\. This approach shall empower people in the community whilst being more cost-effective by providing an alternative solution to managing the provision of non-statutory advocacy\.

## Related contract awards

- [SNTH Multidisciplinary consulting services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-98a587c1-a527-4b67-a458-453e54aae0b7): London Borough of Hackney
- [Refurbishment of the Voluntary and Community Sector properties](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bca32e50-16f2-4980-86a6-bd2612c2c8d6): London Borough of Hackney
- [Refurbishment of the VCS property Fellows Court Nursery \(Happy Nest\) Weymouth Terrace](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ce305058-5703-4bde-822e-3b8db3406706): London Borough of Hackney

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/30712802-ad07-49af-b7f3-e390b114877a-158409)