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# Citizens Advice RCT Integrated Specialist Advice Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/citizens-advice-rct-integrated-specialist-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06f86c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC: "Citizens Advice RCT Integrated Specialist Advice Service". 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:** [Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/rhondda-cynon-taf-cbc-ons-w06000016)
- **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:** UKL15
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £377,838 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/citizens-advice-rct-integrated-specialist-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06f86c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06f86c`

## 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/citizens-advice-rct-integrated-specialist-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06f86c#tl-md)

## Description
The service delivers a range of specialist advice services across Rhondda Cynon Taf, supporting residents with complex and often urgent issues. Open-door services in Mountain Ash and Pontypridd provide immediate access to specialist crisis advice, ensuring clients can receive specialist advice and support at the point they need it most. Alongside this, the service offers in-depth specialist advice through a single open door access system, enabling coordinated and consistent support. Referral-led services are designed for clients who may struggle to access advice through standard routes and require more targeted, intensive support due to multiple and layered issues. This includes stabilising financial situations through specialist debt advice, income maximisation and budgeting support, as well as providing representation at welfare benefit appeals where required. The service works collaboratively with local authority services including social workers, support workers, Resilient Families Teams and homelessness prevention services, to plan and deliver support together, ensuring shared outcomes for clients and a seamless and joined up client journey. All advice is delivered by highly skilled advisers, with debt advice provided by FCA-registered staff and subject to robust quality assurance processes. The service holds the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) across Consumer, Debt, Welfare Benefits, Health and Community Care, Disability, Older People, and Students and Young People, as well as the IAQF quality standard, ensuring high-quality specialist advice for those requiring additional and targeted support.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **Citizen Advice Rhondda Cynon Taf**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PBHW-6223-QGCM`
  - Value: £377,838 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Citizens Advice RCT Integrated Specialist Advice Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £377,838
  - Signed Date: 08/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F086566-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-11T14:37:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:14:16.987Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06f86c