Published date: 6 July 2018

Last edited date: 6 July 2018

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: 25 July 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£78,114

Procurement reference

CAMBDC001-DN351272-20543716

Published date

6 July 2018

Closing date

25 July 2018

Contract start date

1 September 2018

Contract end date

31 August 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

Personal Budgeting Support is offered to all Universal Credit Full Service claimants when they transition to UC. This is to support claimants to manage their monthly payments and prioritise essential bills such as rent/utilities. Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council are seeking to appoint a suitable contractor to provide this service for an initial period of 24 months. A successful bid to the Sharing Prosperity Fund approved a two year outreach project to provide up to 5 hours per day, 5 days per week resource in Cambridge Jobcentre Plus offices to support new and existing claimants, resident in Cambridge or South Cambridgeshire, to Universal Credit in particular with personal budgeting support . This will include ensuring that they have claimed the correct benefits, supported to claim advance payments or direct payments and understand how this impacts on their household budgets. The Contractor will need to refer clients to experts who will be able to take on individual cases of advanced debt assistance, for instance Debt Relief Orders etc.

More information

Additional text

Please copy and paste link to ProContract advert for Expression of Interest: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=70195f51-4080-e811-80ed-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True

About the buyer

Contact name

Adam Welch

Address

Cambridge City Council
Guildhall
Cambridge
CB2 3QJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1223458177

Email

adam.welch@cambridge.gov.uk