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# Befriending Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/befriending-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06f5ac). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Borough Council of Calderdale: "Befriending Services". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Borough Council of Calderdale](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/calderdale-council-ons-e08000033)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKE44
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £137,575 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/befriending-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06f5ac#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06f5ac`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/befriending-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06f5ac#tl-md)

## Description
The befriending Service will offer supportive, reliable relationships through Volunteer befrienders to individuals age 65+ living in Calderdale who would otherwise be socially isolated.
The aim of the Service is to:
•Alleviate social isolation in older people age 65+ with long term conditions including people with physical disability, sensory impairment, early onset dementia and people moving out of hospital 
•Enhance the quality of life for the individual using the Service, their family, and carers 
•Improve health and social outcomes for people
•Improve emotional wellbeing
•Ensure the Service is well advertised to maximise usage 
•Take a person-centred approach with the individual building on their strengths
•Recognising the individual's skills, abilities and things that are important to them in their life and community

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **AGE UK CALDERDALE & KIRKLEES**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:05013745`
  - Value: £137,575 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £137,575
  - Signed Date: 25/08/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F085400-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-09T12:50:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T04:54:21.422Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06f5ac