Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Advice Services
Notice Description
The Council wishes to appoint an Advice Services provider to provide a quality generalist advice service to the public in accordance with the aims, principles and policies of a recognised advice providing body and adhere to a membership scheme or code of practice. This service must be independent, be impartial and offer a free service to all. Good customer service will be paramount. The provider must ensure a range of approaches for initial access by clients to quality advice and flexibility in methods of delivery of the service, across both urban and rural areas of the Borough.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Maths for everyday life - debt. This is for delivery of basic numeracy skills courses for those aged 19 years and over who do not hold a formal maths qualification. The courses are designed in a way to reduce education inequalities within communities and to reduce barriers to entry. These courses will be delivered within communities in the hope that the fear around education is reduced and that people's confidence will grow and strive to gain a qualification.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-029464
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000678-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
75200000 - Provision of services to the community
79140000 - Legal advisory and information services
85312310 - Guidance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,839,414 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Jan 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Feb 20215 years ago
- Contract Period
- 6 Jan 2025 - 31 Mar 2025 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ARDS AND NORTH DOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Stephen Brennan
- Contact Email
- procurement@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BANGOR
- Postcode
- BT20 4BT
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN09 Ards and North Down
- Delivery Location
- TLN09 Ards and North Down
-
- Local Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- North Down
Further Information
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