# Advocacy, Independent Visitor, and Return Home Interview Services

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Bedford Borough Council](/buyers/bedford-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 11 November 2019
- Planned start: 1 April 2020
- Planned end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 680e32f4-b4f5-40a4-84db-19985530a715-325389
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b372bdf6-587b-4254-be58-fbd3e3c2c5f4

## Description

The Council is inviting potential service providers to submit a tender for the provision of the following services: o Advocacy, consisting of: o Issue Based Advocacy o Residential Visiting Advocacy o Non-directed Advocacy for children with disabilities or those for whom communication difficulties would make mainstream advocacy difficult or inappropriate o Independent Visitor Services for Looked After Children o Independent Return Home Interviews for Looked After Children\. Additional information: For further information and how to access the tender opportunity documents and process, please go to https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/bedford/aspx/Home 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/680e32f4-b4f5-40a4-84db-19985530a715-325389)