Published date: 3 November 2023

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: 4 December 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1,500,000

Procurement reference

ORBIT001-DN697683-98144652

Published date

3 November 2023

Closing date

4 December 2023

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?

Yes

Description

Orbit are seeking to partner with a single organisation or consortium of providers with single lead provider to deliver a customer grants programme to cover our three regions of the Midlands, East and South-East of England.

We require customers grants to be managed and delivered via digital platform with the provider to support and arrange third party distribution.

Area of Focus:
1. Hardship Grants (food / fuel / white goods)
2. Employment and Skills Grants
3. Digital Grants (data / tablet / laptops)
4. Youth (childcare / uniform / cost of the school day)
5. Wellbeing Grants (mental wellbeing)
6. Home Grants (carpet / curtains / winter warmth / gardening)

Orbit are running this procurement exercise through the housing e-procurement portal 'Procontract'. Interested suppliers should register/log-in to the portal to view the tender documents and submit their response. Any project related queries should be sent via the messaging function on the portal.

The contract will commence April 2024 for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year.

More information

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Julie Mepham

Address

Garden Court
Harry Weston Road, Binley Business Park
Coventry
CV3 2SU
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 8006781221

Email

group.tenders@orbit.org.uk

Website

http://www.orbit.org.uk