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OpenStage · planning

Manchester City Council

Parent Advocacy Service

EducationCPV 80310000
Value£150k
Deadline
Published23 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
procurement@manchester.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£150ktotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Education & Training band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Manchester City Council is seeking to engage with the market to inform the potential commissioning of a Parent and Carer Advocacy Service.

The proposed service will provide short-term, early intervention advocacy support to parents and carers involved in Child Protection processes.

The aim is to enable families to better understand safeguarding processes, build confidence, and participate meaningfully in decision-making relating to their children.

The Council is exploring a small-scale, community-based pilot model, supporting approximately 50 families per year through a flexible delivery approach, which may include a combination of paid staff, volunteers, and peer advocates.

The service is expected to reflect strong local knowledge of Manchester's communities and align with a strengths-based, relational approach to working with families.

This preliminary market engagement is intended to: • Understand market interest and capacity • Explore potential delivery models, including community and volunteer-based approaches • Assess the feasibility of delivering the service at a local level • Gather indicative cost information

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The proposed service will provide short-term, early

The proposed service will provide short-term, early intervention advocacy support to parents and carers involved in Child Protection processes.

02

The service is expected to reflect strong

The service is expected to reflect strong local knowledge of Manchester's communities and align with a strengths-based, relational approach to working with families.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bb04
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
058929-2026
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