--- title: "Advice Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-e2e5e638-c64e-4e65-a5f6-574a3d18243e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-e2e5e638-c64e-4e65-a5f6-574a3d18243e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e2e5e638-c64e-4e65-a5f6-574a3d18243e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e2e5e638-c64e-4e65-a5f6-574a3d18243e.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2024-03-25" --- # Advice Services Buyer: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e2e5e638-c64e-4e65-a5f6-574a3d18243e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-e2e5e638-c64e-4e65-a5f6-574a3d18243e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e2e5e638-c64e-4e65-a5f6-574a3d18243e.json) ## Summary The Oxfordshire County Council has initiated a tender process for "Advice Services" aimed at delivering specialist advice to Oxfordshire residents. The service is intended to support independent living, enhance well-being, and improve people's choices through financial and welfare advice. The contract, valued at £2,730,000 GBP, is expected to start on 1 November 2024, with a potential extension for up to 2 years. The procurement method is an open procedure, with the tender deadline set for 3 May 2024. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in guidance and welfare services to compete for a contract with Oxfordshire County Council. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate. Businesses with expertise in financial advice, benefits, debt management, and well-being support are well-suited to address the needs outlined in the tender. Potential suppliers should focus on providing impactful solutions to address health inequalities and financial challenges faced by Oxfordshire residents. ## Notice The subject matter of this process relates to the delivery of services which are listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Oxfordshire County Council is looking to commission an advice service to give specialist advice to Oxfordshire residents. The aim of the service is to support people to live their lives as independently, successfully and safely as possible within the community, to enhance well-being and improve people's choices. The service will achieve this by providing free, independent and impartial advice to assist people with benefits, debt, budgeting and other financial and welfare issues, thereby addressing underlying issues and health inequalities and maximising incomes, helping people to make the best use of the money available to them. The service will provide a preventative offer to people in the community, providing pro-active training and advice for people to enable them to develop good budgeting skills and money management before they reach a crisis point. The service will provide 'subject matter expert' consultancy to support colleagues in local government, health and voluntary and community organisations who are working with people who need specialist money advice. The service will also provide training support to other information and advice services across the county to develop and maintain key knowledge and skills around benefits and entitlements. The service will take a whole person approach to addressing people's needs in order to tackle health inequalities and improve health and wellbeing. The Service Provider will have an in-depth knowledge of the issues faced by Oxfordshire residents and will be well connected to the many sources of support in the county to allow for seamless cross referrals and signposting e.g. social prescribing and/or connection to referrals from the NHS. The service will be available and accessible in all parts of the county through the remote access. The Service Provider will have a particular focus on ensuring that the Service is promoted to and accessible to people living in the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA's) in the county which are classified within the 20% most deprived nationally according to the IMD 2019 and most likely to experience inequalities, and to people with protected characteristics. The contract period is anticipated to commence on 1 November 2024. The contract term is anticipated to be 3 years, with an option for the Council to extend by up to a further 2 years. Full details relating to this procurement, including the service specification are available through the Council's e-tendering portal at https://sebp.due-north.com/ (ref DN667483). ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d883a075-1c34-4772-b4e6-31d281274bcc | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 25 Mar 2024 | | Submission deadline | 3 May 2024 | | Future notice date | 11 Oct 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Nov 2024 - 31 Oct 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,730,000 | | 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 | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 85312310 - Guidance services - 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 25 Mar 2024 at 17:24 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d883a075-1c34-4772-b4e6-31d281274bcc - 15 Sep 2023 at 13:09 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb577fbe-c71f-462f-9d25-a51456352d66 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d883a075-1c34-4772-b4e6-31d281274bcc 25th March 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb577fbe-c71f-462f-9d25-a51456352d66 15th September 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk - https://sebp.due-north.com/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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