Official UK procurement notice
Citizens and Money Advice Services
Authority: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of comprehensive Citizen and Money Advice for the Western Isles.
CPV: Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Mar 2021, 09:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Mar 2021, 09:16 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-004910- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029a9fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Previous testing of the market has not resulted in any suitable expressions of interest as the requirement for previous experience in consumer advice and personal money advice services (which would be required as a minimum should we go out to open tender) would not be met. This follows several previous tendering exercises where only the incumbent supplier submitted an offer.
Publisher note: The Comhairle has consistently recognised the need for an independent Citizens and Money Advice Service within the Outer Hebrides and over the years has funded money advice and citizens advice services through a third party. The Comhairle requires that the provider will: - provide a general information and advice service to the public throughout the Western Isles local authority (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar) area, with fixed premises in Stornoway, Castlebay, Tarbert and Balivanich; - provide a welfare benefits, housing advice, homelessness advice, debt advice and general advice service to the public throughout the Western Isles local authority area; - provide a specialised money advice service to the general public throughout the Western Isles local authority area; - provide an appropriate Bilingual Service; - observe, and operate to, the quality standards required for membership of Citizens Advice Scotland or equivalent standard; and - attract and apply for external funding to support related advice activities (SC Ref:647207)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Isles Citizens Advice ServiceSME | £690,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 004910-2021-1 · Western Isles Citizens Advice ServiceSME
- Signed
- 8 Mar 2021
- Value
- £690,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Stornoway Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Western Isles Citizens Advice ServiceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.