Notice Information
Notice Title
FEW1503 - Provision of Welfare Advice Services - Generalist Advice (Tier 1 and 2)
Notice Description
The provision of Tier 1 and Tier 2 generalist welfare advice primarily through digital and telephony-based support - Monday to Friday (9:00am - 4.30pm) and Limited Face-to-Face appointments at York House, Leicester on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Lot Information
Lot 1 - Tier 2 Generalist Advice
The provision of Tier 1 and Tier 2 generalist welfare advice primarily through digital and telephony-based support - Monday to Friday (9:00am - 4.30pm) and Limited Face-to-Face appointments at York House, Leicester on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Lot 2 - Tier 2 Outreach Generalist Advice in Community SettingsLot 2 Tier 2 Outreach Generalist Advice in Community Settings
Procurement Information
The Direct Award is being made after the Procurement Act 2023 has come into force, but the failed procurement was conducted under PCR 2015. It has been considered at which point LCC started discussions with the existing supplier with the intention of entering into a contract with them - this was prior to 24 February 2025 therefore regulation 32 of the PCR 2015 would still apply. Regulation 32 (2) of the PCR 2015 states: (2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-- (a)where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered and that a report is sent to the Commission where it so requests; If a contracting authority signalled its intent to enter into a contract with a supplier without prior publication of a contract notice, then it can continue to negotiate that contract under the previous legislation that was in place when the intention to award the contract was given. Discussions with the existing supplier started prior to 24 Feb 2025. On this basis a Direct Award to the supplier for this service should be granted under Regulation 32(2) of the PCR 2015.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c9f7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036677-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £360,861 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Jan 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Mar 202510 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active, Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Martin Grogan
- Contact Email
- martin.grogan@leicester.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1164545013
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEICESTER
- Postcode
- LE1 1FZ
- Post Town
- Leicester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF21 Leicester
- Delivery Location
- TLF21 Leicester
-
- Local Authority
- Leicester
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Leicester South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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