Official UK procurement notice
Crisis and Resilience Fund – Crisis Loans
Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE31)
Awarded value£1,500,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Community First Community Bank Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe National Crisis and Resilience Fund mandates the Council to provide a cash first crisis offer to residents experiencing immediate financial hardship. This contract will enable Crisis Loans to be initially offered via Community First Credit Union.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Sept 2026, 14:35 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 14:35 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091484- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ba0Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Credit unions are legally bound by the Credit Unions Act 1979 to only serve a specific geographic area or specific demographic. Only one credit union has the legal mandate to serve Barnsley’s local authority residents, no other credit union can legally provide this localised service.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 28 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published28 Sept 2026, 14:35 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £1,500,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community First Community Bank LimitedVCSE19 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 | £1,500,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Community First Community Bank LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender