Published date: 15 January 2024

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: 12 February 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial consultancy services - 66171000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£100,000 to £500,000

Procurement reference

BIP835409969

Published date

15 January 2024

Closing date

12 February 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

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?

Yes

Description

The scope of the Contract is to ensure that Castle Vale residents and home owners and other Pioneer stakeholders have access to a high quality, impartial money advice and financial support service ("the Service"). Throughout the Contract we will refer to users of this service as "Customers". The expectation is that Services will be available to all Pioneer Group tenants and leaseholders. The intention is to empower Customers to take charge of their own financial situation and build money management skills enabling them to:

•sustain their tenancy or other occupation agreement through prioritisation of debts
•maximise their income (including the take up of any welfare benefit entitlement)
•build resilience to ensure that they do not have to rely on ongoing access to crisis fund arrangements or unreliable or non-guaranteed sources of income
•promote the benefits of saving

Full details of the Services and Pioneer Group's requirements are set out in Appendix 1 (Specification) of this Invitation to Tender.
It is expected that the Contract with the Successful Bidder will commence in April 2024 for a duration of 3 years, There will be no option to extend the Contract further.

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

This procurement is being managed on behalf of the Pioneer Group by Clarity Procurement Solutions Limited.

The closing date for tender submissions is 12.00 on 12/02/2024. Tenders must be submitted vis the Pioneer Delta e-tendering portal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Nathan Liptrot

Address

11 High Street
Castle Vale
Birmingham
B35 7PR
UK

Telephone

01942725438

Email

nathan@clarityprocurement.co.uk