Published date: 16 July 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 30 July 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP508955055

Published date

16 July 2020

Closing date

30 July 2020

Contract start date

3 August 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The response to the pandemic saw a number of emergency and / or temporary measures put in place across the statutory and private sectors to support households facing reductions in household income. This included both financial support, e.g. through adjustments to the benefits system, and reductions in liabilities, e.g. mortgage repayment holidays.

Much of this support is due to end in coming months, and creditors will need to begin recovering debts and restoring liabilities.

The LGA would like to profile the withdrawal of support to:

-Give councils a clearer picture of impacts on their residents
-Support councils' own local decisions on liabilities and debt recovery
-Inform councils' approach to supporting economically vulnerable households during recovery
-Inform national policy discussions on e.g. future design of the benefits system to ensure low income households receive the support they need, and there are not unsustainable financial pressures placed on councils' support for economically vulnerable households

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Rose Doran

Address

18 Smith Square
Westminster
London
SW1P 3HZ
UK

Telephone

07464652786

Email

jordanne.mckenzie-blythe@local.gov.uk