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title: "Foodbank Plus 2025"
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# Foodbank Plus 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/foodbank-plus-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05e287). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Leicester City Council is commissioning the provision of Foodbanks Plus. Leicester City Council is seeking a provider to deliver a community-based service offering free, independent, and accredited welfare advice alongside mental wellbeing support for residents experiencing poverty and financial hardship. The proposed Contract will be for an initial period of 2 years, commencing 05 May 2026 to 04 May 2028, with an option to extend, subject to satisfactory performance outcomes and agreement by the Authority, for 1 further period of 1 year, taking the contract term to a maximum of 3 years ending 04 May 2029.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Leicester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leicester-city-council-ons-e06000016)
- **Published Value:** £315,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
- **Delivery Location:** UKF21
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/foodbank-plus-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05e287#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e287`

## Before you bid
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- **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/foodbank-plus-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05e287#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%3FadvertId%3D92819947-b102-f111-813c-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/foodbank-plus-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05e287#participate

## Description
Leicester City Council is commissioning the provision of Foodbanks Plus.
Leicester City Council is seeking a provider to deliver a community-based service offering free, independent, and accredited welfare advice alongside mental wellbeing support for residents experiencing poverty and financial hardship. Delivered in settings such as foodbanks, the service will use a casework approach to support individuals with issues including welfare benefits, debt, housing, and low income, while promoting improved wellbeing, resilience, and access to local support networks.
The proposed Contract will be for an initial period of 2 years, commencing 05 May 2026 to 04 May 2028, with an option to extend, subject to satisfactory performance outcomes and agreement by the Authority, for 1 further period of 1 year, taking the contract term to a maximum of 3 years ending 04 May 2029. The estimated contract value is £315,000.
Further details in respect of this tender opportunity are contained within the Invitation to Tender documentation.
Submissions must be received by 12:00 noon on 6th March 2026 at the very latest via the EastMidsTender portal: https://www.eastmidstenders.org
To express interest and submit a bid, please follow the link below: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=92819947-b102-f111-813c-005056b64545

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85312400
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £315,000

- **Contract Period:** 04/05/2026 to 04/05/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010928-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-06T12:49:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T23:10:47.927Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e287