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# Community Advice Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/community-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03d540). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Worcestershire County Council: "Community Advice Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Worcestershire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/worcestershire-county-council-ons-e10000034)
- **Published Value:** £3,300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 July 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,300,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d540`

## 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/community-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03d540#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.in-tendhost.co.uk%2Fworcestershire%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/community-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03d540#participate

## Description
Community Advice ServiceWorcestershire County Council Communities and Partnership Team are seeking to appoint a service provider to deliver a quality assured ‘Community Advice service supporting the residents of Worcestershire. The service will support the most underrepresented members of our community, meeting the needs and desired outcomes of those that request support. The Community Advice service will offer free, easy to access and independent advice to all adults to help address the challenges that are affecting their lives, this will utilise a range of channels to ensure the most effective and efficient service delivery is available. The service will include both short term support and longer-term case support in line with the individual’s needs.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Community Advice Service

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 028483-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Worcester Citizens Advice Worcestershire and Hereford**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-93502`
  - Value: £3,300,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 028483-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,300,000
  - Signed Date: 29/08/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028483-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-27T10:34:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T10:02:58.476Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d540