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Published 16 Mar 2026, 17:26 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF): Lead Alliance Partnership Model - Financial Resilience Services

Official notice

Authority: Warrington Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: North West (UKD61)
Published estimate£2,400,000≈ £993k / year · £2,900,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update20.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 15 Jul 2026awarded 21 Sept 2026
Awarded to WARRINGTON DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Contract term 2 yrs 5 moends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 9 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Appointment of a single Lead Alliance Partner (LAP) to hold the contract for the Financial Resilience Strand of the delivery of Crisis and Resilience services to act as the prime contractor, on behalf of Warrington Borough Council. The LAP will retain full contractual responsibility and accountability for the end-to-end delivery, performance, and compliance of the service, including all elements delivered by subcontractors or alliance partners.

The LAP will ensure that they and all alliance partners demonstrate a strong understanding of local needs and maintain effective links with local communities, services, and referral pathways, to ensure support is responsive, culturally appropriate, and accessible to diverse populations.

While elements of delivery may be subcontracted, overall accountability for outcomes, quality standards, and compliance remains solely with the LAP and cannot be delegated.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Oct 2028, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Adult and other education services · Coaching services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrs 5 moSMEVCSEPublished value£2,400,000
Contract period: 9 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs 5 mo) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensionsValue: £2,400,000 exc. VAT · £2,900,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: If further funding is received in the same basis at the end of the programme, optional extension opportunities may be examined.
79998000 Coaching services80400000 Adult and other education services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Organisation giving debt advice must hold the necessary FCA authorisation or accreditation required to provide regulated financial and debt advice (NB. We appreciate that not all organisations will have this, and this is where a collaborative approach will be beneficial).

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • quality
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Organisation giving debt advice must hold the necessary FCA authorisation or accreditation required to provide regulated financial and debt advice (NB. We appreciate that not all organisations will have this, and this is where a collaborative approach will be beneficial).

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 2 Oct 2028
First published
16 Mar 2026, 17:26 GMT
Last source update
21 Sept 2026, 17:06 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 6 Oct 2026
Authority reference
DN818297
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-053543
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Adult and other education servicesCoaching services
Delivery area
North West (UKD61)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066b90 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
15 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities ↗ DN818297

Timeline

16 Mar 2026 → 9 Nov 2026 · 9 dates
  1. Planning notice published223 days ago
    16 Mar 2026, 17:26 GMT
  2. Market engagement208 days ago
    30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST

    Completion of Preliminary Market Engagement questionnaire on the Chest: procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities ↗

    DN810136

  3. Next notice expected166 days ago
    11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published142 days ago
    5 Jun 2026, 17:06 BST
  5. Submission deadline102 days ago
    15 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
  6. Assessment summaries sent34 days ago
    21 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
  7. Latest notice published34 days ago
    21 Sept 2026, 17:06 BST
  8. Award decision expected by18 days ago
    6 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  9. Today
    25 Oct 2026
  10. Contract startsin 15 days
    9 Nov 2026

Notice history

14 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Mar 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Mar 2026, 17:26 GMT
    UK2
  2. Planned procurement notice published
    18 Mar 2026, 15:41 GMT
    UK3
  3. Status changed to planned
    18 Mar 2026, 15:41 GMT
  4. Procurement method changed
    18 Mar 2026, 15:41 GMT
  5. Deadline published: 5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    18 Mar 2026, 15:41 GMT
  6. Planned procurement notice published
    20 Mar 2026, 14:19 GMT
    UK3
  7. Deadline moved to 5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    20 Mar 2026, 14:19 GMT
    +0 days · was 5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  8. Tender notice published
    5 Jun 2026, 17:06 BST
    UK4
  9. Published value updated to £2,400,000
    5 Jun 2026, 17:06 BST
    was £1,920,000
  10. Status changed to active
    5 Jun 2026, 17:06 BST
  11. Deadline moved to 15 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
    5 Jun 2026, 17:06 BST
    +40 days · was 5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  12. Contract award notice published
    21 Sept 2026, 17:06 BST
    UK6
  13. Status changed to complete
    21 Sept 2026, 17:06 BST
  14. Contract signature expected
    21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Published amendments (1)

Amendment to wording in description of planned procurement

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2026-03: 2 releases · 16 Mar 2026, 18 Mar 2026

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,900,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
WARRINGTON DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU9 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2029£2,900,00021 Sept 2026Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Warrington Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBVX-8195-NXYW Warrington Borough Council, Warrington, North West, WA1 1UHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure