Official UK procurement notice
Outreach Welfare Advice · UK public procurement notice
Authority: BLACKPOOL COUNCIL (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is an Award notice under the Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process A for Outreach Welfare Advice.
The Lived Experience Team are a group of peer mentors and navigators who have lived experience of living with multiple disadvantage and are considered to be "experts by experience". Evidence included below has shown that a worker with Lived Experience can be seen as visible recovery which is achievable. They can use their shared experience to develop trusting relationships and give effective support, which allows trust to be built alongside services leading to improvements in multiple aspects of life. One of their key functions is to support those people furthest away from entering structured treatment for drugs and alcohol addiction and supporting them into treatment services.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is an Award notice under the Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process A for…Awarded
This is an Award notice under the Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process A for Outreach Welfare Advice to the Citizens Advice Bureau Blackpool.
The contract will run from 1/4/25 to 31/3/2026 with the option to extend incrementally by 1+1+1+1 years subject to satisfactory contract review and budget availability.
The lifetime value of the contract is £175,000 Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.
The award decision-makers are the Public Health Senior Management Team who consist of the Director of Public Health, Consultants on Public Health and the Public Health Business Manager.
There we no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 10:03 BST
- Last source update
- 23 May 2025, 10:03 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-025765- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice.
This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Advice Blackpool | £175,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025765-2025-1 · Citizens Advice Blackpool
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2025
- Value
- £175,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Citizens Advice Bureau BlackpoolAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.