Official UK procurement notice
Resilience and Essential Needs Support Scheme
Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)·On behalf of: SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Resilience and Essential Needs Support Scheme (RENSS) is a non statutory support service commissioned by Lancashire County Council to help residents who are experiencing financial crisis and are unable to meet their immediate essential living needs.
The initiative provides end to end support from first contact through to award of essential goods and the co development of personalised plans aimed at building long term resilience, independence and improved wellbeing.
- How the procedure runs: The chosen procedure for this procurement is Open Procedure. This notice records Competitive Flexible as outlined in the Pipeline Notice. The Authority is unable to amend the procedure in this notice. See Invitation to Tender Document Pack for further details.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,575,000
- Economic & financial standing
See Invitation to Tender Document Pack.
- Technical & professional ability
See Invitation to Tender Document Pack.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Award Evaluation Criteria - Quality & Technical: 60%
- Award Evaluation Criteria - Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Award Evaluation Criteria - Quality & Technical: Including 10% allocated to Social Value.
- Award Evaluation Criteria - Price
- Economic & financial standing
See Invitation to Tender Document Pack.
- Technical & professional ability
See Invitation to Tender Document Pack.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 May 2025, 09:41 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Aug 2026, 16:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
JB/PH/LCC/25/1502- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-039794- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0513e5Find a Tender
- How it runs
The chosen procedure for this procurement is Open Procedure.
This notice records Competitive Flexible as outlined in the Pipeline Notice.
The Authority is unable to amend the procedure in this notice.
See Invitation to Tender Document Pack for further details.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Jun 2026, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted via Lancashire County Council's E-Tendering Fusion Supplier Portal.
Timeline
15 May 2025 → 1 Dec 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published15 May 2025, 09:41 BST
- Market engagement250 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
The link to the Market Engagement Questionnaire and draft Service Specification can be found on the Council's tendering opportunities page:
www.lancashire.gov.uk/business/tenders-and… ↗
Please ensure you review the following draft Service Specification before completing the questionnaire.
The Market Engagement Questionnaire is live until 4pm on Friday 13th February 2026.
- Next notice expected203 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published175 days ago30 Apr 2026, 11:53 BST
- Submission deadline143 days ago1 Jun 2026, 11:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent93 days ago21 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published72 days ago10 Aug 2026, 16:28 BST
- Award decision expected by65 days ago17 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 40 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
12 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 May 2025- Pipeline notice published15 May 2025, 09:41 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Jan 2026, 09:28 GMTUK2
- Published value published: £3,575,00021 Jan 2026, 09:28 GMT
- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Feb 2026, 08:59 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published30 Apr 2026, 11:53 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active30 Apr 2026, 11:53 BST
- Procurement method changed30 Apr 2026, 11:53 BST
- Deadline published: 1 Jun 2026, 11:00 BST30 Apr 2026, 11:53 BST
- Contract award notice published21 Jul 2026, 16:15 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Jul 2026, 16:15 BST
- Contract details notice published10 Aug 2026, 16:28 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected10 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Deadline for Market Engagement Questionnaire extended to 4pm on Friday 13th February.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-02: 1 release · 11 Feb 2026
- 2026-01: 1 release · 21 Jan 2026
- 2025-05: 1 release · 15 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selnet LtdSMEVCSE1 Dec 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: The initial Contract period will be 28 months, after such time the Authority may extend the Contract by any number of defined periods, provided that the total duration does not exceed 52 months. | £3,575,000 | 21 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Resilience and Essential Needs Support Scheme · Selnet LtdSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 10 Aug 2026
- Value
- £3,575,000
- Period
- 1 Dec 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The initial Contract period will be 28 months, after such time the Authority may extend the Contract by any number of defined periods, provided that the total duration does not exceed 52 months.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 2 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTDProcuring entityEvaluation and ongoing contract management support for the social value deliverables under the future contract.
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SELNET LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications See Invitation to Tender Document Pack for further information.
- Signed contract
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender