Published date: 26 October 2021

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: 6 December 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

P0823

Published date

26 October 2021

Closing date

6 December 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

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?

No

Description

The Council wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of Welfare benefits, debt advice and tribunal representation service as set out in the service specification document. The services have been divided into 4 Lots:

I. Face to Face Advice & Area Leadership Role: Four (4) individual geographical contracts for North, South, East, West and Central Birmingham.
II. Telephone Advice Service: A city-wide telephone advice service (welfare benefits and debt advice).
III. Tribunal Representation Service: Advice and representation at tribunal for any welfare benefit that has an independent right of appeal.

Lot Service:
Lot 1a - Face-to-Face Advice & Area Leadership Role - North
Lot 1b - Face-to-Face Advice & Area Leadership Role - South
Lot 1c - Face-to-Face Advice & Area Leadership Role - East
Lot 1d - Face-to-Face Advice & Area Leadership Role - West & Central
Lot 2 - Telephone Advice - Citywide
Lot 3 - Tribunal Representation - Citywide

The Contract will last for 3 years (unless terminated under the terms and conditions of contract.

Please note TUPE will apply to this contract. The TUPE information will be released to you upon receipt of a signed copy of Appendix 3 - TUPE Confidentiality Agreement. You are advised to fill this in as soon as possible on receipt and return via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

If you are interested in quoting please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the Invitation to Tender document and supporting information; your completed ITT should be returned by 1200hrs on 6th December 2021 using the Supplier Portal.

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Manjit Samrai

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 0349

Email

manjit.samrai@birmingham.gov.uk