--- title: "Emergency Welfare Scheme: Oxfordshire Crisis Fund" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-35bd0a4e-6d42-4c7e-9ac1-4b86abe9e147" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-35bd0a4e-6d42-4c7e-9ac1-4b86abe9e147" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-35bd0a4e-6d42-4c7e-9ac1-4b86abe9e147.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-35bd0a4e-6d42-4c7e-9ac1-4b86abe9e147.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2023-02-06" --- # Emergency Welfare Scheme: Oxfordshire Crisis Fund Buyer: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-35bd0a4e-6d42-4c7e-9ac1-4b86abe9e147 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-35bd0a4e-6d42-4c7e-9ac1-4b86abe9e147) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-35bd0a4e-6d42-4c7e-9ac1-4b86abe9e147.json) ## Summary The Oxfordshire County Council is seeking to establish a new Oxfordshire Crisis Fund to provide emergency support to eligible residents across the County. The procurement method is a Restricted procedure, with a value of £1,500,000. The tender deadline is set for February 20, 2023, with contract period start and end dates from April 3, 2023, to March 31, 2025. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the services sector to bid for the delivery and provision of the new Oxfordshire Crisis Fund. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with experience in welfare services delivery and administration are well-suited to compete. The Council aims to engage suppliers who can efficiently process applications, determine eligibility, provide support, and implement a complaints procedure in line with the Council's criteria and guidelines. ## Notice It is well understood that the availability of emergency welfare funds, designed to support low-income households with urgent and unforeseen needs, can help prevent immediate crisis turning into long-term deprivation. Unlike the majority of upper tier authorities, Oxfordshire County Council ("the Council") currently has no business-as-usual crisis fund. While specific funding is available in some local areas (for example from Town and Parish Councils) and for specific groups, there is no equivalent fund open to all eligible residents across the County. This leaves a gap for 'last-resort' support in the Oxfordshire system. The Government has increasingly adopted an expectation that local delivery capacity for emergency scheme exists and that this can address gaps in national welfare provision. Further, the Government assumes that this infrastructure is in place and can be used to spend new funding streams at short notice. Following the administration of a series of short-term interventions through the COVID-19 and subsequent cost-of-living crisis, the Council has now identified a business case for implanting a new scheme and a revenue budget has been agreed for 2023/24-2025/26 inclusive. The Council wishes to procure the capacity to deliver and provide for a new Oxfordshire Crisis Fund that will: Receive applications and / or referrals for crisis funding; determine eligibility against criteria set by the Council; issue support where an application is successful in a form agreed by the Council; communicate with unsuccessful applications; and, in all cases, offer signposting and additional support information. Issue support to individuals specifically pre-identified by the Council as in need of support, without the need for an eligibility check. Implement an appropriate level-1 complaints procedure. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dd7a86dd-369c-4449-ae04-dbb2200102fd | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 Feb 2023 | | Submission deadline | 20 Feb 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 2 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,500,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | OXFORD | | Post town | Oxford | | Postcode | OX1 1ND | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC | | Local authority | Oxford | | Electoral ward | Osney & St Thomas | | Westminster constituency | Oxford West and Abingdon | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 75100000 - Administration services ## Release History - 6 Feb 2023 at 17:17 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dd7a86dd-369c-4449-ae04-dbb2200102fd ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dd7a86dd-369c-4449-ae04-dbb2200102fd 6th February 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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