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# Provision of Advice Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-advice-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029464). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ards and North Down Borough Council: "Provision of Advice Services". Published status: complete. Published 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:** [Ards and North Down Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ards-and-north-down-borough-council-ons-n09000011)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Guidance services, Legal advisory and information services, Provision of services to the community
- **Delivery Location:** UKN09
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,839,414 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029464`

## 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/provision-of-advice-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029464#tl-md)

## Description
The Council wishes to appoint an Advice Services provider to provide a quality generalist advice service to the public in accordance with the aims, principles and policies of a recognised advice providing body and adhere to a membership scheme or code of practice. This service must be independent, be impartial and offer a free service to all. Good customer service will be paramount. The provider must ensure a range of approaches for initial access by clients to quality advice and flexibility in methods of delivery of the service, across both urban and rural areas of the Borough.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79140000, 85312310
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** Maths for everyday life - debt.
This is for delivery of basic numeracy skills courses for those aged 19 years and over who do
not hold a formal maths qualification.
The courses are designed in a way to reduce education inequalities within communities...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 000678-2025-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Citizens Advice Ards and North Down, Community Advice Ards and North Down**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-6105`, `GB-FTS-134534`
  - Value: £959,607 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Contract (active)
  - Award id: `003324-2021-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **COMMUNITY ADVICE ARDS AND NORTH DOWN LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-6105`
  - Value: £879,807 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 000678-2025-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £959,607
  - Signed Date: 18/02/2021

- **Contract:** Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £879,807
  - Signed Date: 18/02/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000678-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-09T13:59:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T03:51:39.938Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029464