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title: "Connect Somerset - Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) Alliance Lead"
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# Connect Somerset - Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) Alliance Lead

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/connect-somerset-crisis-and-resilience-fund-crf-alliance-lead-ocds-h6vhtk-05ff37). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Somerset Council: "Connect Somerset - Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) Alliance Lead". Published status: complete. Published Value: £700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Somerset Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/somerset-council-ons-e06000066)
- **Published Value:** £700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 February 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK23
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,988,750 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/connect-somerset-crisis-and-resilience-fund-crf-alliance-lead-ocds-h6vhtk-05ff37#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05ff37`

## 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/connect-somerset-crisis-and-resilience-fund-crf-alliance-lead-ocds-h6vhtk-05ff37#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com%2FAccount%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/connect-somerset-crisis-and-resilience-fund-crf-alliance-lead-ocds-h6vhtk-05ff37#participate

## Description
A strategic partner to act as Alliance Lead, coordinating a multi-agency approach to deliver the DWP Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) across Somerset. The Alliance Lead will work with other VCFSE partners to deliver on a collaborative framework between Somerset Council and VCFSE partners to deliver targeted support. The aim is to strengthen community resilience, provide crisis intervention, and ensure equitable access to support vulnerable residents with their wellbeing and financial resilience

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £700,000

- **Contract Period:** 20/04/2026 to 20/04/2029

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

  - Supplier(s): **CITIZENS ADVICE SOMERSET**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:03173414`
  - Value: £1,988,750
  - Date: 20/03/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Somerset Connect - Crisis Resilience Fund Alliance Lead (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,988,750
  - Signed Date: 31/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000251-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-23T09:17:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-17T03:15:56.393Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05ff37