--- title: "London Borough of Newham Crisis Resilience Fund (CRF) Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078067" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078067" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078067.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078067.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM" published: "2026-10-05" --- # London Borough of Newham Crisis Resilience Fund (CRF) Services Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078067 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078067) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078067.json) ## Summary The London Borough of Newham intends to procure community debt and benefits advice services through its Crisis Resilience Fund programme. Community partners will provide debt advice, benefits support and income maximisation to help residents avoid repeat financial crises, prevent homelessness and reduce hardship and demand for more intensive Council services. Delivery is intended to take place in accessible, culturally appropriate community settings in the London Borough of Newham. The service will also provide financial resilience training for residents and build the capacity of frontline staff and volunteers to identify hardship, intervene early and make effective referrals. An open-access pathway is planned, allowing residents to refer themselves and referrals from community organisations and local services. The procurement is at the planning stage: the Council has expressed its intention to procure, but has not yet issued an invitation to tender. It expects to publish a further notice on 2 November 2026. A market engagement event is provisionally planned for 22 October 2026, covering consultation on the specification, a procurement update, supplier engagement and proposed delivery models. The programme is described as a 27-month investment of £1.5 million; the procurement’s stated estimated value is £1.5 million excluding VAT and £1.8 million including VAT. The planned contract period runs from 1 March 2027 to 31 March 2029. The service is presented as one package, with a dynamic purchasing system planned. Evaluation criteria and eligibility requirements have not yet been set out. This work is likely to suit community organisations and advice providers with practical expertise in debt advice, benefits support and helping people maximise income, particularly those able to deliver through accessible and culturally appropriate local settings. Providers should be prepared to support residents facing financial hardship, help prevent homelessness and reduce recurring crises, while working collaboratively with community groups and local services through an open-access referral pathway. The planned service also calls for the ability to deliver financial resilience training and to build frontline staff and volunteer capacity in identifying hardship, intervening early and making effective referrals. Suppliers with experience developing preventative support and coordinating referrals across community-based services are well placed to contribute to the planned market engagement and help shape delivery models before the tender stage. The Council intends to consult suppliers on the specification. ## Notice Newham's wider Crisis Resilience Fund Programme will invest PS1.5m for 27 months for community partners to deliver local preventative financial support aimed at reducing repeat financial crisis. The service will provide debt advice, benefits support and income maximisation, helping to prevent homelessness, alleviate financial hardship and reduce demand for more intensive Council services. Support will be delivered through accessible, culturally appropriate community settings and will include financial resilience training for residents, alongside capacity-building for frontline staff and volunteers to identify hardship, offer early intervention and make effective referrals. An open-access referral pathway will be established, enabling both self-referrals and referrals from community organisations and local services. ### Planning Information It is intended that a market engagement event will provisionally be held for the 22nd of October 2026 and to be managed via EventBrite via this link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/market-engagement-newham-community-debt-and-benefit-advice-service-tickets-2002651201654?aff=oddtdtcreator. The event will broadly cover: Specification consultation Procurement update Supplier engagement Delivery models proposed ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093651-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Dynamic | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 2 Nov 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2029 | | 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 | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM | | Locality | LONDON, | | Postcode area | East London | | Postcode | E16 2QU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI41 Hackney and Newham | | Local authority | Newham | | Electoral ward | Royal Albert | | Westminster constituency | West Ham and Beckton | | Delivery location | TLI41 Hackney and Newham | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85322000 - Community action programme ## Release History - 5 Oct 2026 at 10:08 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093651-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093651-2026 5th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/market-engagement-newham-community-debt-and-benefit-advice-service-tickets-2002651201654?aff=oddtdtcreator - 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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