Notice Information
Notice Title
Delivery of Minority Ethnic Casework & Advice Services in Belfast
Notice Description
Belfast City Council (the "Council") has received Home Office Dispersal funding, from the Northern Ireland Executive Office, to assist in developing advice services for people from minority ethnic backgrounds in Belfast. As such, the Council requires a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor to deliver community based casework and advice services (to be supported by multi agency advice clinics).
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: The Council reserves the right to purchase the following additional Services under this Contract during the Contract Period: - Additional Service Requirements: - originating out of legislative changes or changes in asylum and immigration law etc. that impacts delivery of the service. Any contract variation may be subject to further Council internal approvals and will be in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023..
Renewal: The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the Contract up to a further period of 18 months. Any extension may be subject to further approval by Council Committee, availability of funding and satisfactory performance of the Contractor.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-068924
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057877-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- 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
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
75200000 - Provision of services to the community
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
98300000 - Miscellaneous services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £760,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £760,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £760,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Jun 20266 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Jun 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Jun 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 29 Feb 2028 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
- BELFAST CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT2 8DJ
- 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)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN06 Belfast
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057877-2026
19th June 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036875-2026
23rd April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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