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title: "Advice Services - Welfare Reform Mitigations"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02ffbf"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH CITY COUNCIL"
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# Advice Services - Welfare Reform Mitigations

Buyer: LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02ffbf

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## Summary

The Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council has awarded a contract titled "Advice Services - Welfare Reform Mitigations" to Community Advice Lisburn Castlereagh. The procurement process falls under the services category, with the main objective being the delivery of generalist advice services across the Council Area. The contract period spans 1080 days, and the award was signed on 1st April 2022. The buying organisation is the Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, based in Lisburn, United Kingdom.

This tender provides an opportunity for organisations involved in guidance services to compete. Businesses offering welfare reform mitigations and advice services are well-suited to engage in this procurement. The procurement process for this contract has advanced to the award stage, with key deadlines surpassed. The Council has adopted a negotiated procurement method without public notice for the specified service delivery, demonstrating a targeted approach to fulfilling their requirements.

## Notice

Delivery of a Generalist Advice Services across the Council Area - the contract is being varied to include welfare reform Mitigations

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Deliver a Generalist Advice Services across the Council Area

Renewal: 2 periods of 12 months each

### Procurement Information

This relates to the variation of an existing contract. Additional funding has been provided by the Department for Communities to include welfare reform mitigations for financial years 2223 and 2324 to the Advice Services Contract. The advice services contract is run by Community Advice Lisburn and Castlereagh. This direct award is permitted by Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor-- * cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement, provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract;

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024766-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 14 Jan 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | November 2026 |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £866,500 |
| Lots value | £866,500 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,916,793 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LISBURN |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT28 3LD |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN0E Lisburn and Castlereagh |
| Local authority | Lisburn and Castlereagh |
| Electoral ward | Hillhall |
| Westminster constituency | Lagan Valley |
| Delivery location | TLN0E Lisburn and Castlereagh |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | COMMUNITY ADVICE LISBURN CASTLEREAGH; COMMUNITY AND ADVICE LISBURN CASTLEREAGH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85312310 - Guidance services

## Release History

- 5 Sep 2022 at 09:06 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024766-2022
- 9 Aug 2022 at 09:26 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021824-2022
- 20 May 2022 at 11:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013599-2022
- 10 Dec 2021 at 11:44 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030792-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk
- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
- https://www.etendersni.gov.uk

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