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title: "Crisis Resilience Fund: Improving Financial Resilience through Employability Support Programme"
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# Crisis Resilience Fund: Improving Financial Resilience through Employability Support Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/crisis-resilience-fund-improving-financial-resilience-through-employability-support-progra-ocds-h6vhtk-06b685). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Sussex County Council: "Crisis Resilience Fund: Improving Financial Resilience through Employability Support Programme". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [East Sussex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-sussex-county-council-ons-e10000011)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ22
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £410,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/crisis-resilience-fund-improving-financial-resilience-through-employability-support-progra-ocds-h6vhtk-06b685#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06b685`

## 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/crisis-resilience-fund-improving-financial-resilience-through-employability-support-progra-ocds-h6vhtk-06b685#tl-md)

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **SUSSEX COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:03387617`
  - Value: £410,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £410,000
  - Signed Date: 02/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F056911-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-17T08:30:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:31:08.114Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06b685