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Covid19: Increasing Debt Advice Capacity 2020 (In England) - Grant Funding

MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE

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24 Aug 2020 at 07:45

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is currently seeking applications for a grant funding opportunity titled "Covid19: Increasing Debt Advice Capacity 2020 (In England)", aimed at enhancing debt advisory services in England. The tender is classified under the industry category of "Other community, social and personal services" and has a total value of £4,074,666. Key dates include the tender period, which concludes on 18 September 2020, with the contract expected to start on 12 October 2020 and run until 31 March 2022. This initiative seeks to support organisations in delivering both telephone and digital debt advice to individuals in need, in response to increased demand due to the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in debt advice services or related sectors, particularly those registered as 'Suppliers' on the MaPS eSourcing portal. Suitable organisations should hold the relevant FCA authorisations to provide free-to-customer debt advice and demonstrate capacity for delivering national services through digital and telephone channels. With increasing numbers of individuals seeking debt support, this funding will enable organisations to expand their services and workforce, creating room for growth and enhancing their ability to meet the critical needs of the community.

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Notice Title

Covid19: Increasing Debt Advice Capacity 2020 (In England) - Grant Funding

Notice Description

MaPS is an arm's-length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and it has a joint commitment to provide access to the information and guidance people across the UK need, to make effective financial decisions over their lifetime. Increasing Debt Advice Capacity in England It is critical people have access to debt advice when they need it and the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing sets out a goal of 2 million more people receiving debt advice by 2030. As Coronavirus moves into the next phase we expect the demand for debt advice services to increase. To help combat this, in June MaPS secured an extra PS38 million to help providers deliver advice to more people in England who may be experiencing financial problems due to coronavirus. It will also help providers who have seen a fall in their income streams, enabling them to continue their vital work. The PS38m has been broken into a number of funding streams. Work has already been underway to allocate funding to maintain existing capacity within the sector and make sure providers can continue to offer services. Creating new capacity We are delighted to announce the next tranche of this grant funding - an initial PS4,074,666 in FY 2020/21 - will be aimed at increasing the capacity of high-quality, free-to-customer debt advice by recruiting and training additional debt advisors in England. This funding stream is for the provision of both telephone and digital debt advice at a national (England) level. We are inviting organisations that meet the eligibility criteria to apply to the Covid-19: Increasing the Capacity of Debt Advice Grant Scheme. Delivery expectations: * The positions created must be able to function remotely, so can either be home-workers or office based but with the potential to work from home * They must be able to demonstrate the ability to provide a national (England) telephone and digital debt advice service * Additional resource must be used to deliver advice through a combination of telephone and digital channels Who is eligible? A set of criteria must be met for an organisation to be considered for funding for new advisers through this initiative. An organisation must: 1. Hold the relevant FCA authorisations to provide debt advice and be an existing debt advice service. 2. Provide free to customer debt advice (and customers supported by MaPS funding should not be entered into fee-charging solutions where a free to customer equivalent is available) 3. Hold a MaPS accredited quality standard or hold the relevant FCA authorisations for handling client money. 4. Meet the existing debt technical supervision requirements (these can be found at: https://www.maps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20.21-GA-Technical-Supervisor-requirements.pdf Additional information: Please note that this opportunity is for Grant Funding and not for a Service Contract. HOW TO APPLY 1.Interested organisations must be registered as a 'Supplier' on the MaPS eSourcing portal to participate: If you have not already done so, please use the following link https://maps.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html 2.To register, you must have a valid DUNS number (provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. 3.If you do not have a DUNS number, please contact D&B UK directly on 0870 243 2344 (option 3), or online at http://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-form.asp. 4. Once registered on the portal, your organisation will be able to access the MaPS documents for this project in the 'Live Tenders Section within the Jagger Portal' 5. Please email commercial@maps.org.uk should you require further assistance with "20-85G" in the subject title. 6. Please note all further communications including the submission of your online bid will be via the portal.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-bbdb60da-0041-4d48-a645-aded13ae8505
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3455e9ff-a10f-421a-b69e-258379e5a1c6
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other - Grant Funding
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£4,074,666 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Aug 20205 years ago
Submission Deadline
18 Sep 2020Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
11 Oct 2020 - 31 Mar 2022 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC1N 2TD
Post Town
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

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Notice Documents

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