--- title: "Leeds Advice Service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04fb56" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04fb56" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04fb56.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04fb56.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEEDS CITY COUNCIL" published: "2025-04-01" --- # Leeds Advice Service Buyer: LEEDS CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fb56 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04fb56) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04fb56.json) ## Summary Leeds City Council is initiating a procurement process for the Leeds Advice Service, with the aim of providing free, independent, impartial, and confidential advice to residents of Leeds. This tender falls into the industry category of Legal advisory services and will service the region of Leeds (UKE42) in the United Kingdom. The procurement is currently in the Planning stage, with a market engagement questionnaire deadline set for 28 April 2025. Further clarification can be sought via the YORtender portal before the specified date. The Leeds Advice Service tender presents valuable business growth opportunities, especially for SMEs and VCSEs (Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprises), that specialise in legal advisory services. The service will be delivered through multiple channels including telephone, digital, and face-to-face methods, ensuring wide accessibility for clients and enabling businesses to expand their service offerings in welfare benefits, housing, immigration, and debt advice. This tender offers a significant, outcome-based contract period spanning from 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2031, presenting a substantial opportunity for continued partnership and community impact. ## Notice The Leeds Advice Services contract provides free, independent, impartial and confidential advice for the people of Leeds. Areas of advice (as a minimum) include Welfare Benefits, Housing, Immigration, and Debt. The service is currently delivered as a partnership approach, operating across the city of Leeds and via a range of access channels -telephone, digital and face to face. Advice services provided through the contract support clients to make informed decisions about their individual circumstances. The service is outcome based to ensure that clients are supported to improve their individual circumstances, specifically through income maximisation, debt solutions and resolution of advice related issues and disputes such as housing, welfare benefits, and debt. ### Planning Information A market sounding exercise is being undertaken via a questionnaire, which will be published on YORtender (https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=yortender.eu-supply.com). Suppliers are required to be registered on YORtender in order to access the questionnaire. Once logged in, please search for the opportunity using reference 97659. Please complete the questionnaire and submit via the YORtender portal before the closing date (12 noon on Monday 28th April 2025). Clarification questions should be raised via the YORtender portal prior to the deadline. Interested parties should note that if this market sounding exercise identifies that the market is extremely limited or there is a lack of understanding regarding the subject matter, the council reserves the right to seek authorisation through its governance procedure to enter into a contract with an organisation that satisfies the criteria, as detailed in Appendix 1 of the questionnaire. If more than one organisation satisfies the requirements of the criteria, the service will be subject to a formal competitive tendering exercise. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012262-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 1 Apr 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 28 Apr 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LEEDS CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS1 1UR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse | | Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley | | Delivery location | TLE42 Leeds | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79111000 - Legal advisory services ## Release History - 1 Apr 2025 at 12:59 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012262-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012262-2025 1st April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=yortender.eu-supply.com - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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