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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-030893"
title: "Soft Market Test - Welfare Benefits Advice, Debt & Budgeting Advice"
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# Soft Market Test - Welfare Benefits Advice, Debt & Budgeting Advice

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-test-welfare-benefits-advice-debt-budgeting-advice-ocds-h6vhtk-030893). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Torus62Ltd: "Soft Market Test - Welfare Benefits Advice, Debt & Budgeting Advice". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Torus62Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/torus62ltd-GB-FTS-40027)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Benefit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030893`

## 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/soft-market-test-welfare-benefits-advice-debt-budgeting-advice-ocds-h6vhtk-030893#tl-md)

## Description
Torus Foundation is seeking input from the market as to what might be the most potentially attractive way of packaging and scoping a future procurement opportunity. Our customers comprise of individuals and families who need help with welfare benefits advice, debt advice and budgeting advice. We expect to receive about 3,500 referrals per annum, split equally between welfare benefits advice, debt advice and budgeting advice

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 75310000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Torus Foundation is the charitable arm of Torus Group and we are seeking advice and information from the market as to what might be the most potentially attractive way of packaging and scoping a future procurement opportunity, to deliver welfare bene...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000507-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-07T14:15:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T01:03:13.704Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030893