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Children and Young People's Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service

Cheshire East Council

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Key details

Contracting authority
Cheshire East Council
Public authority - sub-central government
Region
Crewe
Delivery: UKD62, United Kingdom
Contract value
£737,651ex VAT
Submissions closed
4 February 2026
Published
4 September 2026

Procurement

Contract period
1 August 2026 - 31 July 2029
3 years
Possible extension to 31 July 2031 · 4 years, 11 months in total
Extension terms: 2 x 12 month extensions are available to be used at the Council's discretion. 01/08/2029 - 31/07/2030 01/08/2030 - 31/07/2031
Contract review date
1 January 2029
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 85000000 Health and social work services

What happened

Cheshire East Council awarded this contract to Coram Voice worth £737,651 on 31 Jul 2026. The contract runs until 31 Jul 2029.

Description

Cheshire East Borough Council has awarded a contract to a single provider to deliver Advocacy, Independent Visitor services for Children and Young People and age assessment for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC).

The requirement is divided into three offers, all to be provided by a single supplier. These offers are as follows:

  • Offer 1 - Advocacy, including an opt out model for children and young people open to child protection aged 8-18
  • Offer 2 - Independent Visitor Service
  • Offer 3 - Spot purchase to provide advocacy support for children who are subject to an age assessment

Please note that the contract commencement date was 1 August 2026; however, the contract was not fully executed by all parties until 24th August 2026. As the system does not permit a contract signature date that falls after the commencement date, the signature date has been entered incorrectly for administrative purposes.

Additional information

2 extension option(s) available, 0 taken; up to 24 months in total

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Award value
£737,651
Award date
31 July 2026

Contact

Address
Delamere House, Delamere Street, Crewe, CW12JZ
Contact name
Mr William Tyler

Identifiers

Buyer reference
C4311
Notice ID
083809-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0508de

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