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# Specialist Welfare Advice and Information Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-welfare-advice-and-information-service-ocds-h6vhtk-029ff0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Swindon Borough Council: "Specialist Welfare Advice and Information Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,920,204. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 May 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.supplythesouthwest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Swindon Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/swindon-borough-council-ons-e06000030)
- **Published Value:** £2,920,204 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 May 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Benefit services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,919,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029ff0`

## 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/specialist-welfare-advice-and-information-service-ocds-h6vhtk-029ff0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplythesouthwest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplythesouthwest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-welfare-advice-and-information-service-ocds-h6vhtk-029ff0#participate

## Description
Swindon Borough Council is looking to procure a Specialist Advice & Information Service that will provide the following:
The successful provider of this contact will be responsible for the delivery of a high quality specialist welfare advice service in Swindon, offering confidential face-to-face and telephone support depending on what is most appropriate.
Good quality specialist advice and information leads to improvements in housing conditions, improved employment and working conditions, reduced debt and increased access to benefits and other entitlements. This ultimately results in improved health and wellbeing for individuals and their families.
Advice services, including financial and debt relief services, housing advice and benefits advice are cost-effective ways to increase incomes in low-income households.
Access to generalist advice and information remains a significant requirement for the residents of Swindon. As local people’s lives are impacted by the wider economic and political environment Swindon requires an advice service that can both react to and prepare for the changing advice requirements of those people who need the service.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,920,204
- **Description:** Swindon Borough Council is looking to procure a Specialist Advice & Information Service that will provide the following:
The successful provider of this contact will be responsible for the delivery of a high quality specialist welfare advice service ...
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2021 to 30/09/2026

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 003293-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Citizen’s Advice Swindon,**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-43311`
  - Value: £2,919,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 003293-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,919,000
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003293-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-04T15:44:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:33:48.463Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029ff0