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Universal Advice Service

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Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: "Universal Advice Service". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBarnsley Metropolitan Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
9.8Bids / Report
16.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Colas LtdTop vendor: 35.3% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 127 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Colas Ltd1 win£202,396
Vital Facilities Solutions1 win£120,000
VL TEST SYSTEMS LIMITED1 win£103,648
A1 ACCESS LIFTS LTD1 win£80,593
Tile Hill Interim and Executive1 win£66,906
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published1 Oct 2025, 10:12 BST
Last source update1 Oct 2025, 10:12 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04f94d
What is being bought
The Council is looking to procure a contract for the provision of an ASQ accredited advice service provider to deliver universal advice and information to the citizens of Barnsley and a dedicated British Sign Language provision for the deaf community. The aims of the service will be to: (a) deliver advice and information to citizens of Barnsley who seek assistance with a wide range of issues which promotes individuals independence and well-being, including promoting opportunities for individuals to return into employment and/or training, where appropriate. (b) provide a British Sign Language service to replicate this offer to the local deaf community. The objective of the service is to deliver free, confidential, impartial and independent advice to enable local residents to deal with a wide range of issues, including debt and money advice, welfare benefits, housing, utilities, relationships, employment and consumer issues.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    1 Oct 2025, 10:12 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    1 Oct 2025, 10:06 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    14 Jul 2025, 11:44 BST
  4. tender value changed
    13 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    13 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    13 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
  7. Submission deadline changed to published date
    13 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
  8. Published value updated to £350,000
    17 Apr 2025, 11:13 BST
  9. Status changed to active
    17 Apr 2025, 11:13 BST
  10. Official notice release published
    17 Apr 2025, 11:13 BST
  11. Submission deadline changed to 21 May 2025, 12:00 BST
    17 Apr 2025, 11:13 BST
  12. tender value changed
    27 Mar 2025, 10:41 GMT
  13. Status changed to planning
    27 Mar 2025, 10:41 GMT
  14. Official notice release published
    27 Mar 2025, 10:41 GMT
  15. Buyer information updated
    27 Mar 2025, 10:41 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #LOT-0000
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    1 Oct 2025, 10:12 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 14 Jul 2025, 01:00 BST · £349,815
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
BARNSLEY & DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Universal Advice Service
£349,815 · signed 14 Jul 2025, 01:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025, 01:00 BST — 2 Sept 2028, 00:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PYHH-2597-YVZG
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  • Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PYHH-2597-YVZG
    Town Hall, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UKE31, S70 2TA, GB
    katietomlinson@barnsley.gov.uk
    +44 0126000000

  • Barnsley & District Citizens Advice Bureau
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PJYQ-8877-QZQD
    1st Floor, Wellington House, 36 Wellington Street, Barnsley, UKE31, S70 1WA, GB
    laura.smith@barnsleycab.org.uk
Documents (1)
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