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Published 16 Jun 2022, 16:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of General Advice Service to the Community across BCP Council

Official notice

Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£2,500,000≈ £556k / year · 1 value update52.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 27 Jun 2023awarded 12 Sept 2023
Awarded to Citizen Advice Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
Contract term 4 yrs 6 moends 31 Mar 2028 · starts 1 Oct 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of General Advice Service to the Community across BCP Council

CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This contract has been split into two elements:Awarded 4 yrs 6 moPublished value£2,500,000

This contract has been split into two elements:

  1. General Advice Service: is for the provision of free advice and support to residents within BCP on a range of issues such as debt management, immigration, consumer issues, relationships, benefits claims etc.
  2. Financial Wellbeing Service (split into two levels):
  • Financial Wellbeing Advice Service - Initial advice and support to review a person’s current financial circumstance, ensuring action is taken to maximise income, manage debt and set up mechanisms to ensure regular payment of priority bills are made.
  • Financial Wellbeing Support Service - Longer term support to improve people’s understanding and knowledge of financial matters and their ability to independently manage their own financial affairs on a long-term basis. Looking to address pertinent issues which holds the person back in seeking or maintaining accommodation or in dealing with other welfare issues.
Contract period: 1 Oct 2023 – 31 Mar 2028 (4 yrs 6 mo)
Delivery: South West
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 100
  • Price: 0

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Jun 2022, 16:43 BST
Last source update
21 Sept 2023, 16:30 BST
Award evaluation window
27 Jun 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN617749
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027954
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
South West (UKK24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034774 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
27 Jun 2023, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
27 Jun 2023, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Oct 2022 → 1 Oct 2023 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    1 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    27 Jun 2023, 14:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    27 Jun 2023, 14:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    21 Sept 2023, 16:30 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST

Notice history

6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 May 2023
  1. Published value published: £2,500,000
    26 May 2023, 16:49 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    26 May 2023, 16:49 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    26 May 2023, 16:49 BST
  4. Deadline published: 27 Jun 2023, 14:00 BST
    26 May 2023, 16:49 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    21 Sept 2023, 13:04 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    21 Sept 2023, 13:04 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—Textv.2.4£1,185,896£2,500,000

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-06: 1 release · 16 Jun 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,185,8961 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Citizen Advice Bournemouth Christchurch and PooleSME£1,185,896 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council, Town Hall, Bournemouth, South West, BH2 6DYContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.