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# Cost of Living Advisor Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cost-of-living-advisor-service-ocds-h6vhtk-067e36). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Staffordshire Borough Council: "Cost of Living Advisor Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £160,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 May 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [East Staffordshire Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-staffordshire-borough-council-ons-e07000193)
- **Published Value:** £160,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 May 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £160,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cost-of-living-advisor-service-ocds-h6vhtk-067e36#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-067e36`

## 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/cost-of-living-advisor-service-ocds-h6vhtk-067e36#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2F9DBY848JU9%2FA8SZB742C7)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cost-of-living-advisor-service-ocds-h6vhtk-067e36#participate

## Description
East Staffordshire Borough Council is seeking to engage a suitably experienced organisation to provide professional and expert support to households affected by the cost of living crisis. It is expected that this will be 1.5 FTE posts for 24 months which will provide direct support with identifying and accessing relevant resources and activities to improve the financial position of the household, as well as providing appropriate referrals into other services as necessary.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79400000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £160,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2026 to 30/06/2028

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

  - Supplier(s): **Citizens Advice Mid Mercia**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-156361`
  - Value: £160,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £160,000
  - Signed Date: 10/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032035-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-15T09:15:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T03:39:23.346Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-067e36