Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c1d-dd77-70a6-93c3-e19f4a211ce4/childrens-rights-and-advocacy-services closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Children's Rights and Advocacy Services [Ministry of Justice.](https://tendernation.io/buyers/ministry-of-justice) Estimated value £3,000,000 to £5,000,000 Published 2 Jul 2018 Deadline Closed 12 Aug 2018 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender This contract offers capable suppliers the opportunity to work with vulnerable young people, supporting them during their time in custody and aiding them to better understand and exercise their rights. The service is underpinned by five intended outcomes, these are: - children and young people in STCs and YOIs are able to identify and freely access independent children's rights and advocacy services, - children and young people in STCs and YOIs are provided with the skills to enable them to advocate for themselves and are supported at every opportunity to do so, - children and young people in STCs and YOIs, who have complex needs and are unable or not wishing represent themselves, are supported, - the voice of children and young people in STCs and YOIs is heard in particular at key periods where the service provider has been made aware of those who are vulnerable and in crisis, through access to proactive children's rights and advocacy services, - raising awareness of the issues facing Children and Young People in custody in order to promote resolution and prevention at a local and systemic level. There is a clear expectation that any Provider of children's rights and advocacy services will strive to continuously put the needs of the young people and to be flexible in responding to the demands of those young people. This opportunity includes the provision of children's rights and advocacy services to young people between the age of 10 to 18 held in custody, with the exception of those children and young people held in Secure Children's Homes which is not in scope, including in the following secure establishments: - Oakhill STC: accommodating a maximum of 80 young people, located in Milton Keynes, - Rainsbrook STC: accommodating a maximum of 76 young people, located in Warwickshire, - Medway STC: accommodating a maximum of 67 young people, located in Kent, - Cookham Wood YOI: accommodating a maximum of 188 young people, all male, in Kent, - Feltham YOI: accommodating a maximum of 180 young people, all male, in Middlesex, - Werrington YOI: accommodating a maximum of 118 young people, all male, in Stoke-on-Trent, - Wetherby YOI: accommodating a maximum of 336 young people, all male, in West Yorkshire. - Parc YOI: accommodating a maximum of 60 young people, all male, in South Wales. Read full description ## CPV classification Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/1c1eb2dd-ff6d-4dec-b2b0-7b8d51d35231) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Ministry of Justice.: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/ministry-of-justice) [Sector More Public administration & defence services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/public-administration-defence) ## More tenders like this [Administrative educational services – V/GF/2026/17/BT2028 · Institut zur Qualitätsentwicklung im Bildungswesen - Wissenschaftliche Einrichtung der Länder an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin e. 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