# Children's Advocacy - Market Engagement Event

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [London Borough of Croydon](/buyers/london-borough-of-croydon/contract-awards)
- Published: 31 January 2024
- Planned start: 1 October 2024
- Planned end: 30 September 2029
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 1413c3cd-6976-4181-ae39-e34fb32abab6-719118
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c4c11da8-9220-4df8-948b-d6df11cf63d2

## Description

This is not a call for competition\. The Council is inviting you to attend a market engagement event for the new Children's Advocacy contract\. The event will be held online through Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 14th February 2024 at 2 - 3pm\. We are looking for an organisation to provide an Advocacy service that focuses on improving outcomes for Children Looked After and Care Leavers by enabling them to make their voices heard and providing them a range of opportunities to be involved in planning and review of services\. The two service components include: o Advocacy for Children Looked After & Care Leavers - the intention being to resolve a specific problem or concern and help the young person move on and avoid creating a dependency for ongoing support\. o Child Protection Advocacy - supporting children 11 plus to participate in their child protection conference \(CPC\)\. The advocacy service will enable children to be involved in decisions around child protection planning; support the child to attend ICPCs and Reviews and/or make representations on their behalf\. Please register your interest by using the messaging area in attending the engagement event by submitting your organisation name, delegate name, email address and job title, then we can send you the link to our Microsoft teams event\. Additional information: Please apply through Croydon's intend portal - https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/croydontenders/ Please register your interest to attend by Tuesday 13th February 2024\. To do this, sign up for the event, click the 'express your Interest' button\. Please make sure you send us a message via the correspondence area and include the following information: o Organisation name o Name, job title and email addresses of delegates Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

## Related contract awards

- [GB-London: TPPL LB of Croydon HCC Contract Hire Lot 1 - Contract Hire of 12 x Cars \(24858\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0f38b75f-5e58-4c09-b2fc-8b129aa7a383): London Borough of Croydon
- [GB-London: TPPL London Borough of Croydon HCC Lot 2 - 9 x 3\.5t Low Floor Beavertail Vehicles \(26176\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-49eb5e17-ca59-465c-beb7-143a731085af): London Borough of Croydon
- [Croydon Business Support Programme - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ea6dd74d-5ed8-41ec-ab81-dec229894ac8): London Borough of Croydon

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1413c3cd-6976-4181-ae39-e34fb32abab6-719118)