Official UK procurement notice
Crisis Resilience Fund: Improving Financial Resilience through Employability Support Programme
Authority: East Sussex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe ESCC Employment and Skills Team has been awarded Crisis Resilience Funding which will be used to support those who are struggling financially due to a lack of or low paid employment to make sure that:
- they are able to access all relevant benefits,
- they can budget their income appropriately (manage debt,
household bills, rent/mortgage)
- they know how to access wider support services and
- develop employability skills that can help them with job search
and job readiness to improve income.
This is a Direct Award to a Service Provider who has been delivering a similar programme across Sussex and are able mobilise, recruit and train staff within the tight timeframe.
They will support 200 people over the course of the financial year 2026/27.
Extension option is subject to funding.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jun 2026, 09:30 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Jun 2026, 09:30 BST
- Authority reference
18291- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056911- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b685Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published17 Jun 2026, 09:30 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSSEX COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION LTDVCSE | £410,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SUSSEX COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION LTDVCSE
- Signed
- 3 Jun 2026
- Value
- £410,000
- Period
- 3 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Subject to funding
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SUSSEX COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender