Notice Information
Notice Title
Award of Advice Services in East Lothian
Notice Description
Award of a contract for provision of free, impartial and confidential advices services for residents of East Lothian, primarily relating to income maximisation (Benefits advice), money advice (incorporating debt advice), and generalist advice (including housing advice).
Lot Information
Lot 1
Award of a contract for a provider to deliver advice services to East Lothian citizens. Services shall be delivered by appropriately trained, experienced staff and\or volunteers. Services shall be delivered in a readily accessible manner. The advice services shall be accessible to those people most in need and 'face to face' services shall be provided from appropriate locations within East Lothian. The services will also be available by telephone and digitally e.g. through web chat. Income Maximisation advice services are required for a minimum of 3000 service users per annum. Money advice services are required for a minimum of 300 service users per annum. Generalist advice services are required for a minimum of 4000 service users per annum. Specific service outcomes include; providing advice to help maximise income; reducing the number of households in East Lothian currently in debt, or at risk of being in debt; improving access to the services through the provision of appropriate accessible face-to-face, phone and digital services. The contract duration will be for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 periods of 1 year.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000599870
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR384818
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts)
- 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
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,723,275 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Apr 20205 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Nov 2019Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Mar 20205 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@eastlothian.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1620827827
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HADDINGTON, EAST LOTHIAN
- Postcode
- EH41 3HA
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM11 East Lothian and Midlothian
- Delivery Location
- TLM73 East Lothian and Midlothian
-
- Local Authority
- East Lothian
- Electoral Ward
- Haddington and Lammermuir
- Westminster Constituency
- Lothian East
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT368926&idx=1
14th October 2019 - Appendix A - Minute of Agreement - with Schedule 1 - Specification -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT368926&idx=2
14th October 2019 - Schedule 5 - Method Statements response form -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT368926&idx=3
14th October 2019 - Schedule 4 - ELC Pricing Schedule - response form -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT368926&idx=4
14th October 2019 - Schedule 6 - Form of Tender Response Form -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT368926&idx=5
14th October 2019 - Appendix B - Financial Health Evaluation -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT368926&idx=6
14th October 2019 - ELC-19-2095 - Invitation to Tender -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT368926
Advice Services in East Lothian - Provision of free, impartial and confidential advices services for residents of East Lothian, primarily relating to income maximisation (Benefits advice), money advice (incorporating debt advice), and generalist advice (including housing advice). -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR384818
Award of Advice Services in East Lothian - Award of a contract for provision of free, impartial and confidential advices services for residents of East Lothian, primarily relating to income maximisation (Benefits advice), money advice (incorporating debt advice), and generalist advice (including housing advice).
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