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Contract for the Provision of Independent Visitor Service (IVS) in Swansea
Published Yesterday
3 Nov 2026
Deadline in 30 days
- Primary CPV
-
85000000 *
Health and social work services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Swansea, Wales
- Value
- £150,000
- Contract
-
3 years Duration
01/04/2027 31/03/2030
- Contract Types
-
85 *Health & social work servicesFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Civic Centre, Swansea, SA1 3SN, United Kingdom · UKL18
Contact
Award Criteria
- Methodology (70%)
- Price (30%)
Related tenders
City & County of Swansea
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
85000000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: CCS-26-243
This contract will commission an Independent Visitor Service in Swansea. It is a statutory service and supports children and young people aged 3 to 18 years who are looked after by Swansea Council. The service aims to provide consistent, positive relationships for these young individuals, who often experience significant disruptions in their lives. The contract supports the primary objective of the Independent Visitor Service, which is to offer a stable, supportive relationship to children and young people in looked after care, through volunteer Independent Visitors (IVs). These volunteers are not social workers or part of Child and Family services; instead, they act as friends and mentors, providing a listening ear and engaging in various activities with the children. Under the Social Services and Well-Being (Wales) Act 2014, Section 98, “A local authority looking after a child must appoint an independent person to be the child’s visitor if (a) the child falls within a category specified in regulations or, (b) in any other case, it appears to the authority that it would be in the child’s interests to do so.
Full CPV breakdown
- 85000000 — Health and social work services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Active
- Renewal
- up to 24 months
- Submission method
- Register your company on the eTenderWales portal (this is only required once): — Navigate to the portal: http://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk — Click the “Suppliers register here” link. — Enter your correct business and user details. — Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete. — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure). — Agree to the terms and conditions and click “continue”. 2. Express an interest in the project: — Login to the portal with your username/password. — Click the “ITTs Open to All Suppliers” link (these are the ITTs open to any registered supplier). — Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. — Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page. — This will move the ITT into your “My ITTs” page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only). — Click on the ITT code. You can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box. 3. Responding to the invitation to tender: — You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting). — You can now use the “Messages” function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT. — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). If you require any further assistance use the online help. Alternatively, the BravoSolution helpdesk can be contacted (Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00) on: — E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk — Phone: +44 8003684850
- Enquiries close
- 27 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected
- 11 Jan 2027
- Covered by GPA
- Yes
- Reserved / special regime
- Light Touch
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 03 Nov 2026 14:41
- Deadline
- 04 Dec 2026 00:00
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0796c9
- Notice ID
- CCS-26-243
Full notice record
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Organisations
| Name | City & County of Swansea |
| Address › Street | Civic Centre |
| Address › Town / city | Swansea |
| Address › Postcode | SA1 3SN |
| Address › Country | GB |
| Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Address › Region (NUTS) | UKL18 |
| Role | buyer |
| Link | http://www.swansea.gov.uk/dobusiness |
| Classification › Classification 1 › Description | Public authority - sub-central government |
| Classification › Classification 2 › Description | Welsh devolved regulations apply |
Buyer
| Name | City & County of Swansea |
Tender
| Title | Contract for the Provision of Independent Visitor Service (IVS) in Swansea |
| Status | active |
| Item › CPV › Description | Health and social work services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKL18 |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £180,000 |
| Value › Value | £150,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Open procedure |
| Category | services |
| Special regime | Light touch |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Covered by | GPA |
| Submission Terms › Electronic submission | allowed |
| Submission Terms › Languages › Language 1 | cy |
| Submission Terms › Languages › Language 2 | en |
| Bidding period › End | 4 Dec 2026 |
| Questions period › End | 27 Nov 2026 |
| Award decision period › End | 11 Jan 2027 |
| Lot › Status | active |
| Lot › Value › Value incl. VAT | £180,000 |
| Lot › Value › Value | £150,000 |
| Lot › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Methodology |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight | 70 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight | 30 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Suitable for › SMEs | Yes |
| Lot › Suitable for › VCSEs | Yes |
| Lot › Contract period › Start | 1 Apr 2027 |
| Lot › Contract period › End | 31 Mar 2030 |
| Lot › Contract period › Can be extended to | 31 Mar 2032 |
| Lot › Can be renewed | Yes |
| Lot › Renewal › Description | up to 24 months |
| Document › Document 1 › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Document 1 › Description | Not published |
| Document › Document 2 › Document type | Tender notice |
| Document › Document 2 › Description | Tender notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Document 2 › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/104303-2026 |
| Document › Document 2 › Published | 3 Nov 2026 |