Published date: 31 May 2022

Last edited date: 22 June 2022

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 1 July 2022

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£1,000,000 to £1,500,000

Procurement reference

NNC

Published date

31 May 2022

Approach to market date

1 July 2022

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Household Support Fund 2 (HSF2) in the County of Northamptonshire is in place, via the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide households, within the region, financial support to mitigate increases in the cost-of-living. The DWP stipulate how each Unitary must distribute the funds within a range of household categories i.e., families with children, pensioners and households evidencing severe financial hardship.

The main purpose of the EOI is to identify organisations that are capable of managing the 3rd category 'households evidencing financial hardship'.

In order to meet the needs of households who are in severe financial hardship, especially regarding food and energy costs, we are looking for organisations who can operate locally for NNC in distributing HSF funds to households who evidence severe financial hardship. These funds will be issued mainly in the form of supermarket vouchers. The distribution will be in the first instance to smaller and bespoke voluntary and charitable organisations and thereafter directly to residents who meet the HSF criteria.

We would like to invite Expressions of Interest for highly governed organisation for a period of 3 months to evidence capability, capacity and experience in funds distribution to the voluntary sector. This will require a management layer that is experienced in managing downstream suppliers (i.e., local voluntary organisations).

Please note this is a request for formal Expression of Interest (EOI). This document does not form any part of an invitation to tender but may lead to a procurement process. Any supplier responding to this Expression of Interest is doing so to help develop a procurement process that is accessible to the market.

The shortlisted providers of the expression of interest will be invited to the next stage.

More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2022/2023 £1,500,000

Attachments

Additional text

Please read and complete this Expression of Interest document and if you feel that your organisation is able to contribute to this exercise please prepare an Expression of Interest (EOI) and return, via email to procurement@northnorthants.gov.uk by 17.00pm Monday 13th June 2022.

About the buyer

Contact name

North Northamptonshire Procurement Team

Address

Sheerness House, 41 Meadow Road
Kettering
NN16 8TL
England

Telephone

0300 126 3000

Email

procurement@northnorthants.gov.uk