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# Income maximisation, money, debt and energy advice service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/income-maximisation-money-debt-and-energy-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04c730). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Lothian Council: "Income maximisation, money, debt and energy advice service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [East Lothian Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-lothian-council-ons-s12000010)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM73
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,843,950 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c730`

## 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/income-maximisation-money-debt-and-energy-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04c730#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/income-maximisation-money-debt-and-energy-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04c730#participate

## Description
Provision of free, impartial and confidential advices services for residents of East Lothian, primarily relating to income maximisation (benefits advice), money advice (incorporating debt advice) and energy advice (including fuel debt advice).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** East Lothian Council require a provider to deliver advice services to East Lothian citizens. Services shall be delivered by appropriately trained, experienced staff and\or volunteers.
Services shall be delivered in a readily accessible manner. The ad...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 008886-2025-ELC-24-0395-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **East Lothian Advice Consortium**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-140428`
  - Value: £1,843,950 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 008886-2025-ELC-24-0395-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,843,950
  - Signed Date: 07/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008886-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-12T09:20:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T12:20:19.651Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c730