--- title: "Covid19: Increasing Debt Advice Capacity 2020 (In England) - Grant Funding" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-bbdb60da-0041-4d48-a645-aded13ae8505" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-bbdb60da-0041-4d48-a645-aded13ae8505" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-bbdb60da-0041-4d48-a645-aded13ae8505.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-bbdb60da-0041-4d48-a645-aded13ae8505.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE" published: "2020-08-24" --- # Covid19: Increasing Debt Advice Capacity 2020 (In England) - Grant Funding Buyer: MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-bbdb60da-0041-4d48-a645-aded13ae8505 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-bbdb60da-0041-4d48-a645-aded13ae8505) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-bbdb60da-0041-4d48-a645-aded13ae8505.json) ## Summary The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is currently seeking applications for a grant funding opportunity titled "Covid19: Increasing Debt Advice Capacity 2020 (In England)", aimed at enhancing debt advisory services in England. The tender is classified under the industry category of "Other community, social and personal services" and has a total value of £4,074,666. Key dates include the tender period, which concludes on 18 September 2020, with the contract expected to start on 12 October 2020 and run until 31 March 2022. This initiative seeks to support organisations in delivering both telephone and digital debt advice to individuals in need, in response to increased demand due to the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in debt advice services or related sectors, particularly those registered as 'Suppliers' on the MaPS eSourcing portal. Suitable organisations should hold the relevant FCA authorisations to provide free-to-customer debt advice and demonstrate capacity for delivering national services through digital and telephone channels. With increasing numbers of individuals seeking debt support, this funding will enable organisations to expand their services and workforce, creating room for growth and enhancing their ability to meet the critical needs of the community. ## Notice MaPS is an arm's-length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and it has a joint commitment to provide access to the information and guidance people across the UK need, to make effective financial decisions over their lifetime. Increasing Debt Advice Capacity in England It is critical people have access to debt advice when they need it and the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing sets out a goal of 2 million more people receiving debt advice by 2030. As Coronavirus moves into the next phase we expect the demand for debt advice services to increase. To help combat this, in June MaPS secured an extra PS38 million to help providers deliver advice to more people in England who may be experiencing financial problems due to coronavirus. It will also help providers who have seen a fall in their income streams, enabling them to continue their vital work. The PS38m has been broken into a number of funding streams. Work has already been underway to allocate funding to maintain existing capacity within the sector and make sure providers can continue to offer services. Creating new capacity We are delighted to announce the next tranche of this grant funding - an initial PS4,074,666 in FY 2020/21 - will be aimed at increasing the capacity of high-quality, free-to-customer debt advice by recruiting and training additional debt advisors in England. This funding stream is for the provision of both telephone and digital debt advice at a national (England) level. We are inviting organisations that meet the eligibility criteria to apply to the Covid-19: Increasing the Capacity of Debt Advice Grant Scheme. Delivery expectations: * The positions created must be able to function remotely, so can either be home-workers or office based but with the potential to work from home * They must be able to demonstrate the ability to provide a national (England) telephone and digital debt advice service * Additional resource must be used to deliver advice through a combination of telephone and digital channels Who is eligible? A set of criteria must be met for an organisation to be considered for funding for new advisers through this initiative. An organisation must: 1. Hold the relevant FCA authorisations to provide debt advice and be an existing debt advice service. 2. Provide free to customer debt advice (and customers supported by MaPS funding should not be entered into fee-charging solutions where a free to customer equivalent is available) 3. Hold a MaPS accredited quality standard or hold the relevant FCA authorisations for handling client money. 4. Meet the existing debt technical supervision requirements (these can be found at: https://www.maps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20.21-GA-Technical-Supervisor-requirements.pdf Additional information: Please note that this opportunity is for Grant Funding and not for a Service Contract. HOW TO APPLY 1.Interested organisations must be registered as a 'Supplier' on the MaPS eSourcing portal to participate: If you have not already done so, please use the following link https://maps.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html 2.To register, you must have a valid DUNS number (provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. 3.If you do not have a DUNS number, please contact D&B UK directly on 0870 243 2344 (option 3), or online at http://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-form.asp. 4. Once registered on the portal, your organisation will be able to access the MaPS documents for this project in the 'Live Tenders Section within the Jagger Portal' 5. Please email commercial@maps.org.uk should you require further assistance with "20-85G" in the subject title. 6. Please note all further communications including the submission of your online bid will be via the portal. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3455e9ff-a10f-421a-b69e-258379e5a1c6 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - Grant Funding | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 24 Aug 2020 | | Submission deadline | 18 Sep 2020 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 11 Oct 2020 - 31 Mar 2022 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £4,074,666 | | 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 | MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | EC1N 2TD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden | | Local authority | Camden | | Electoral ward | Holborn & Covent Garden | | Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras | | 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 - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 24 Aug 2020 at 07:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3455e9ff-a10f-421a-b69e-258379e5a1c6 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3455e9ff-a10f-421a-b69e-258379e5a1c6 24th August 2020 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.maps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20.21-GA-Technical-Supervisor-requirements.pdf - https://maps.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Interested organisations must be registered as a 'Supplier' on the MaPS eSourcing portal to participate: If you have not already done so, please use the following link ## Notice URLs - http://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-form.asp - https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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