# CSW - Advocacy & Independent Visitors for Children

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Shared Service \(CSW\).

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Shared Service \(CSW\)](/buyers/shared-service-csw/contract-awards)
- Published: 30 September 2024
- Contract start: 1 April 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d393d5d8-56dc-4cd5-896b-79a6c9a9ebef-789689
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8850a577-3047-49f2-8e16-8a65a225b83b

## Description

Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council are jointly contracting for a service providing independent visitors, and independent advocacy, information, advice and support to children and young people in order to meet our statutory obligations\. The service will be provided for children and young people who are receiving a service from WCC or CCC and wish to have the support of an advocate\.  This includes children and young people who are;  aged 4 to 18 and looked after under the Children Act 1989, s\.20 or s\. or 25 if they have special educational needs and/or disability  care leavers, aged 16 - 25 under the Children \(Leaving Care\) Act 2000 and Children & Social Work Act 2017  subject to a family group conference or child protection conference  aged 16/17 and presenting as homeless to WCC or CCC  considering or wishing to make a complaint about the service they receive from WCC or CCC  young carers who may need support in adulthood \(Care Act 2014\)  young people defined as a 'Child In Need' \(Children's Act 1989\) within private fostering arrangements  Additional information: Please register via the Council\`s e-procurement system - CSW-JETS https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/csw-jets CSW-JETS is a sub-regional e-tendering portal run by In-tend\. Since February 2010, Coventry; Solihull; Warwickshire; Nuneaton and Bedworth; Rugby alongside other local district Councils have been working together as a shared procurement service\. In conjunction with Solihull Community Housing, we have joined together to bring you a collaborative E-Tendering portal\. CSW-JETS enables us to advertise our opportunities across all authorities through the same system\. This means that there is a single point of contact for procurement in the sub-region so you only have to register once to receive notifications for all authorities\. Registering on the portal will make it easier for local suppliers to find, respond to and be alerted to tender opportunities\. Registration is free, and takes just a few minutes\. When complete, you will be able to express interest in any of the Councils'/Authorities' opportunities when they are made available including this tender\. In addition, we will be able to access your details whenever we have a requirement, and you may then be invited to tender or quote for work\. Once you are registered and log in to the system you will be able to locate the tender opportunity, express interest and access the documentation\. 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/d393d5d8-56dc-4cd5-896b-79a6c9a9ebef-789689)