Notice Information
Notice Title
Generalist Advice Services for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Notice Description
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council wishes to invite tenders from competent and experienced organisations or consortia to provide accessible, quality Generalist Advice Services across the Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council area for the period commencing 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2027 with options to extend for a further two additional 12-month periods, depending on funding and discretion of Council
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: contract is for initial period of 1 year with 2 further extensions of 12 months each
Planning Information
PME was advertised on Etenders NI for 3 weeks, suppliers were invited to complete a questionnaire, by a specific deadline. Information received was considered in the formation of the specification
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05fff7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036377-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
75200000 - Provision of services to the community
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £567,608 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £567,608 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £189,205 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Apr 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 21 Apr 20263 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 14 May 2026 - 15 May 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LISBURN & CASTLEREAGH CITY COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LISBURN
- Postcode
- BT27 4RL
- 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)
- TLN0E Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Delivery Location
- TLN0E Lisburn and Castlereagh
-
- Local Authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Electoral Ward
- Hillhall
- Westminster Constituency
- Lagan Valley
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036377-2026
22nd April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002823-2026
13th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000612-2026
6th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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