Official UK procurement notice
Advice Services - Welfare Reform Mitigations
Authority: Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDelivery of a Generalist Advice Services across the Council Area - the contract is being varied to include welfare reform Mitigations
- Recurrence: November 2026
CPV: Guidance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Deliver a Generalist Advice Services across the Council AreaAwardedRenewalPublished value£866,500
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Total cost: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Total cost: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · November 2026
- First published
- 10 Dec 2021, 11:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Sept 2022, 10:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Jan 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-024766- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ffbfFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
This relates to the variation of an existing contract. Additional funding has been provided by the Department for Communities to include welfare reform mitigations for financial years 2223 and 2324 to the Advice Services Contract. The advice services contract is run by Community Advice Lisburn and Castlereagh.
This direct award is permitted by Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
(b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor—
- cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement,
provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract;
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 14 Jan 2022, 12:30 GMT
Timeline
14 Jan 2022 → 5 Sept 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened14 Jan 2022, 12:30 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until14 Apr 2022, 23:59 BST
- Notice published5 Sept 2022, 10:06 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2022- Status changed to complete20 May 2022, 12:45 BST
- Buyer details updated20 May 2022, 12:45 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Aug 2022, 10:26 BST
- Buyer details updated9 Aug 2022, 10:26 BST
- Buyer details updated5 Sept 2022, 10:06 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-12: 1 release · 10 Dec 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY ADVICE LISBURN CASTLEREAGHSMEContract | £866,500 † | — | Awarded |
| COMMUNITY ADVICE LISBURN & CASTLEREAGHSME | £1,050,293 † | — | Awarded |
| COMMUNITY ADVICE LISBURN CASTLEREAGHSME | £1,050,293 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 021824-2022-1 · COMMUNITY ADVICE LISBURN & CASTLEREAGHSME
- Signed
- 9 Aug 2022
- Value
- £1,050,293
- Status
- active
Contract · COMMUNITY ADVICE LISBURN CASTLEREAGHSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2022
- Value
- £866,500
- Status
- active
Contract 024766-2022-1-1 · COMMUNITY ADVICE LISBURN CASTLEREAGHSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2022
- Value
- £1,050,293
- Status
- active
- Change Additional funding has been provided by the Department for Communities to include welfare reform mitigations for financial years 2223 and 2324 to the Advice Services Contract. The advice services contract is run by Community Advice Lisburn and Castlereagh. This direct award is permitted by Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor— • cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement, provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract;, Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Additional funding has been provided by the Department for Communities to include welfare reform mitigations for financial years 2223 and 2324 to the Advice Services Contract. The advice services contract is run by Community Advice Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Lisburn Castlereagh CouncilReview body
- Lisburn Castlereagh CounclReview body
- The Lisburn and Castlereagh City CouncilReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- COMMUNITY ADVICE LISBURN CASTLEREAGHAwarded supplier
- Community Advice Lisburn CastlereaghAwarded supplier
- Community and Advice Lisburn CastlereaghAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.