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FEW1503 - Provision of Welfare Advice Services – Generalist Advice (Tier 1 and 2)
Other community
social and personal services
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Leicester City Council: "FEW1503 - Provision of Welfare Advice Services – Generalist Advice (Tier 1 and 2)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Leicester City Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Leicester City Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Leicester City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
7.9Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 87 active published awards; 87 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityLeicester City Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published2 Jul 2025, 10:38 BST | Last source update2 Jul 2025, 10:38 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationOther community, social and personal services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04c9f7 | ||
What is being bought
The provision of Tier 1 and Tier 2 generalist welfare advice primarily through digital and telephony-based support – Monday to Friday (9:00am – 4.30pm) and Limited Face-to-Face appointments at York House, Leicester on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to complete
2 Jul 2025, 10:38 BST - Official notice release published
2 Jul 2025, 10:38 BST - Status changed to unsuccessful
25 Feb 2025, 13:13 GMT - Official notice release published
25 Feb 2025, 13:13 GMT - Submission deadline changed to published date
25 Feb 2025, 13:13 GMT - Status changed to active
20 Dec 2024, 10:02 GMT - Official notice release published
20 Dec 2024, 10:02 GMT - Submission deadline changed to 15 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
20 Dec 2024, 10:02 GMT - Buyer information updated
20 Dec 2024, 10:02 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcancelledPublished valueNot publishedThe provision of Tier 1 and Tier 2 generalist welfare advice primarily through digital and telephony-based support – Monday to Friday (9:00am – 4.30pm) and Limited Face-to-Face appointments at York House, Leicester on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
2 Jul 2025, 10:38 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 31 Mar 2025, 00:00 BST · £360,861
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Citizens Advice Leicestershire Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts FEW1503 - Provision of Welfare Advice Services – Generalist Advice (Tier 1 and 2) £360,861 · signed 31 Mar 2025, 00:00 BST · active |
Bid statistics bids: 1 (lot 1) |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Leicester City Council
Contracting authority GB-FTS-20Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleThe Direct Award is being made after the Procurement Act 2023 has come into force, but the failed procurement was conducted under PCR 2015. It has been considered at which point LCC started discussions with the existing supplier with the intention of entering into a contract with them - this was prior to 24 February 2025 therefore regulation 32 of the PCR 2015 would still apply.
Regulation 32 (2) of the PCR 2015 states:
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:—
(a)where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered and that a report is sent to the Commission where it so requests;
If a contracting authority signalled its intent to enter into a contract with a supplier without prior publication of a contract notice, then it can continue to negotiate that contract under the previous legislation that was in place when the intention to award the contract was given. Discussions with the existing supplier started prior to 24 Feb 2025.
On this basis a Direct Award to the supplier for this service should be granted under Regulation 32(2) of the PCR 2015. |