Published date: 18 June 2018

Last edited date: 18 June 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: 6 July 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Guidance and counselling services - 85312300

  • Guidance services - 85312310

  • Counselling services - 85312320

Location of contract

OX28 1NB

Value of contract

£60,000 to £120,000

Procurement reference

WODC0174P

Published date

18 June 2018

Closing date

6 July 2018

Contract start date

1 September 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

West Oxfordshire District Council is seeking tenders for the provision of Debt & Money advice, Welfare Benefit advice, Housing Advice and Employment Advice. The requirements are broken down into four lots as follows:

Lot 1: Provision of Employment Advice Services (finding employment, Rights at
Work, Problems at Work, Work Place Discrimination.)
Lot 2: Provision of Housing Advice ( Court Advocacy, Difficulty in keeping up
with mortgage repayments and independent advice on appeals.)
Lot 3: Provision of Welfare Benefit Advice (appealing benefit decisions in an
impartial and professional manner.)
Lot 4: Provision of Debt/Money Management Advice (Bankruptcy, Individual
Voluntary Arrangements, Debt Relief Orders, Financial Advice.)

Bidders may apply for any or all lots. Each lot will be evaluated separately, with the bidder scoring highest in each lot awarded that particular lot.

For each lot it is intended to award a contract for 18 months.

More information

Links

Additional text

To register your expression of interest, access the tender documentation free of charge and request questions of clarification about the Invitation to Tender you will need to register via the 'Supply GO Shared Services' portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/gosharedservices anytime up to 17:00 hours 06 06 2018. No further questions may be submitted after this time.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

William Clark

Address

Woodgreen
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 1NB
United Kingdom

Telephone

01285 623324

Email

william.clark@cotswold.gov.uk

Website

www.westoxon.gov.uk