Planning

Leeds Advice Service

LEEDS CITY COUNCIL

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Planning

01 Apr 2025 at 12:59

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Leeds City Council is initiating a procurement process for the Leeds Advice Service, with the aim of providing free, independent, impartial, and confidential advice to residents of Leeds. This tender falls into the industry category of Legal advisory services and will service the region of Leeds (UKE42) in the United Kingdom. The procurement is currently in the Planning stage, with a market engagement questionnaire deadline set for 28 April 2025. Further clarification can be sought via the YORtender portal before the specified date.

The Leeds Advice Service tender presents valuable business growth opportunities, especially for SMEs and VCSEs (Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprises), that specialise in legal advisory services. The service will be delivered through multiple channels including telephone, digital, and face-to-face methods, ensuring wide accessibility for clients and enabling businesses to expand their service offerings in welfare benefits, housing, immigration, and debt advice. This tender offers a significant, outcome-based contract period spanning from 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2031, presenting a substantial opportunity for continued partnership and community impact.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Leeds Advice Service

Notice Description

The Leeds Advice Services contract provides free, independent, impartial and confidential advice for the people of Leeds. Areas of advice (as a minimum) include Welfare Benefits, Housing, Immigration, and Debt. The service is currently delivered as a partnership approach, operating across the city of Leeds and via a range of access channels -telephone, digital and face to face. Advice services provided through the contract support clients to make informed decisions about their individual circumstances. The service is outcome based to ensure that clients are supported to improve their individual circumstances, specifically through income maximisation, debt solutions and resolution of advice related issues and disputes such as housing, welfare benefits, and debt.

Planning Information

A market sounding exercise is being undertaken via a questionnaire, which will be published on YORtender (https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=yortender.eu-supply.com). Suppliers are required to be registered on YORtender in order to access the questionnaire. Once logged in, please search for the opportunity using reference 97659. Please complete the questionnaire and submit via the YORtender portal before the closing date (12 noon on Monday 28th April 2025). Clarification questions should be raised via the YORtender portal prior to the deadline. Interested parties should note that if this market sounding exercise identifies that the market is extremely limited or there is a lack of understanding regarding the subject matter, the council reserves the right to seek authorisation through its governance procedure to enter into a contract with an organisation that satisfies the criteria, as detailed in Appendix 1 of the questionnaire. If more than one organisation satisfies the requirements of the criteria, the service will be subject to a formal competitive tendering exercise.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fb56
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012262-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79111000 - Legal advisory services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Apr 202510 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
28 Apr 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LEEDS CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
businessprofessionalservices@leeds.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS1 1UR
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
TLE42 Leeds
Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

Further Information

Notice Documents

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