Published date: 19 February 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 19 January 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous services - 98300000

  • Home-help services - 98513310

  • Domestic services - 98514000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£30,000

Procurement reference

LEICSCC001-DN703083-55971677

Published date

19 February 2024

Closing date

19 January 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2026

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 Signposting and Community Support Service (SCSS) provides predominantly re-used/graded furniture and white goods (to enable people to move out of temporary accommodation, access tenancies etc.) together with emergency short-term food and fuel support to people in hardship and crisis. The Service also delivers services focused on debt and money management advice that contribute to longer-term preventative support. The Service has been developed over the past three financial years to reduce costs and increase efficiency by supporting people, via frontline social care, family support or housing workers, in an immediate and targeted manner.
The reasons for people needing support include benefits sanctions and delayed payments, budgetary and debt problems, homelessness, crime and domestic abuse.
This contract is to provide the emergency food and fuel element of the Service for Leicestershire from April 2024 onwards.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

19 February 2024

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£30,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The Bridge East Midlands

Address

John Storer House, Wards End,
Loughborough LE11 3HA

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Samina Rashid

Address

County Hall
Leicester Road, Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RA
England

Telephone

+44 1163055813

Email

samina.rashid@leics.gov.uk

Website

https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html