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# City Advice Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/city-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b27a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** City of London Corporation: "City Advice Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.capitalesourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [City of London Corporation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-london-ons-e09000001)
- **Published Value:** £800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 June 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Provision of services to the community
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £400,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b27a`

## 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/city-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b27a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [capitalesourcing.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capitalesourcing.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/city-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b27a#participate

## Description
The City of London Corporation (the City) invited Tenders for the provision of a City Advice Service. The City Advice Service is a service providing free advice and information to City Residents, tenants on all out of City estates, students and City workers. Advice spans a wide range of subject areas with the top four categories remaining welfare benefits, housing, debt and employment issues
The duration of the contract is 2 years, subject to the right of the City (at its sole discretion) to exercise its right to extend the Contract by up to 2 years. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 4 years. The annual budget sum for the service is £200,000 and this cannot be exceeded.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £800,000
- **Description:** The City of London Corporation (the City) invited Tenders for the provision of a City Advice Service. The City Advice Service is a service providing free advice and information to City Residents, tenants on all out of City estates, students and City ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** City Advice Service (active)
  - Award id: `008600-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Toynbee Hall**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-48407`
  - Value: £400,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** City Advice Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £400,000
  - Signed Date: 25/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008600-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-30T15:30:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:10:03.034Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b27a