Published date: 6 January 2020

Last edited date: 6 January 2020

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 February 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial consultancy services - 66171000

  • Housing services - 70333000

  • Benefit services - 75310000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

OX28 1NB

Value of contract

£240,000 to £400,000

Procurement reference

WODC0295P

Published date

6 January 2020

Closing date

6 February 2020

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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?

No

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:

o Lot 1: Provision of Employment Advice Services (finding employment, Rights at
Work, Problems at Work, Work Place Discrimination.)
o Lot 2: Provision of Housing Advice ( Court Advocacy, Difficulty in keeping up
with mortgage repayments and independent advice on appeals.)
o Lot 3: Provision of Welfare Benefit Advice (appealing benefit decisions in an
impartial and professional manner.)
o 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. Please note the council reserves the right not to award any lot.

For each lot it is intended to award a contract for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.

More information

Links

Additional text

To express interest and download the tender documentation please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/publicagroup/aspx/Home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Lauren Gardiner

Address

Woodgreen
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 1NB
United Kingdom

Telephone

012856235

Email

lauren.gardiner@publicagroup.uk

Website

www.westoxon.gov.uk