Awarded· 30 Mar 2025
Outreach Welfare Advice
Blackpool Council · Blackpool, North West
Blackpool Council has awarded Outreach Welfare Advice. It is a contract for other health and social care in Blackpool.
Source: Find a Tender, published 23 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Citizens Advice Bureau Blackpool
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 09:03
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About this tender
In brief
Blackpool Council has awarded Outreach Welfare Advice. It is a contract for other health and social care in Blackpool. The contract went to Citizens Advice Bureau Blackpool. It was awarded on 30 March 2025. The contract value is £175,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 23 May 2025. The notice number is 025765-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0520c5.
Summary of the contracting process
Blackpool Council, operating as the buying organisation, has completed the contract award process for the "Outreach Welfare Advice" service under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The project, classified within the "Health services" category, is situated in the UKD42 region, encompassing Blackpool. The procurement was conducted using a limited method under a direct award approach, bypassing the prior need for competition.
The contract, valued at £175,000, was awarded to the Citizens Advice Bureau Blackpool and is set to run from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, with the possibility of extensions on an annual basis subject to performance and budget reviews.
Organisations with expertise in providing health and social care advice would find this particularly advantageous, given the scope of work aimed at helping individuals with multiple disadvantages, including those struggling with substance dependencies.
The notice in full
This is an Award notice under the Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process A for Outreach Welfare Advice. The Lived Experience Team are a group of peer mentors and navigators who have lived experience of living with multiple disadvantage and are considered to be "experts by experience". Evidence included below has shown that a worker with Lived Experience can be seen as visible recovery which is achievable.
They can use their shared experience to develop trusting relationships and give effective support, which allows trust to be built alongside services leading to improvements in multiple aspects of life. One of their key functions is to support those people furthest away from entering structured treatment for drugs and alcohol addiction and supporting them into treatment services.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
This is an Award notice under the Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process A for Outreach Welfare Advice to the Citizens Advice Bureau Blackpool. The contract will run from 1/4/25 to 31/3/2026 with the option to extend incrementally by 1+1+1+1 years subject to satisfactory contract review and budget availability.
The lifetime value of the contract is PS175,000 Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.
The award decision-makers are the Public Health Senior Management Team who consist of the Director of Public Health, Consultants on Public Health and the Public Health Business Manager. There we no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Citizens Advice Bureau Blackpool
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £175,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 025765-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0520c5
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Town
- Blackpool
- Postcode
- FY1 1NA
- Electoral ward
- Talbot
- Constituency
- Blackpool South
- Delivery area
- Blackpool
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- Blackpool
- Area
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Blackpool Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Helen Thompson
- Phone
- +44 1253478760
- Address
- Blackpool, FY1 1NA · North West · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Citizens Advice Bureau Blackpool
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Outreach Welfare Advice
Who won the Outreach Welfare Advice contract?
Blackpool Council awarded the contract to Citizens Advice Bureau Blackpool on 30 March 2025.
How much is the Outreach Welfare Advice contract worth?
The contract value is £175,000.
Who is the buyer for Outreach Welfare Advice?
Blackpool Council, based in Blackpool, North West. The named contact is Helen Thompson, on +44 1253478760.
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