Official UK procurement notice
Food and Energy Household Grants - Household Support Fund Round 7
Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South West (UKK24)
Awarded value£1,600,000published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 8 Jul 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Citizen's Advice Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA service to help residents with the costs of living. BCP Council needs to administer grants to eligible households to help with the costs of food and energy bills, provided predominantly by voucher schemes
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
- Light touch regime
- 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
- 15 Jul 2025, 16:18 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2025, 17:17 BST
- Authority reference
DN776554- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-040183- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055fccFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Government only releasing 12 months funding whilst the programme is being reviewed. Awarded to existing supplier due to time constraints before service needed to commence.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published15 Jul 2025, 16:18 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published15 Jul 2025, 16:27 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published15 Jul 2025, 17:17 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected15 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £1,600,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jul 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizen's Advice Bournemouth Christchurch & PooleVCSE15 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 | £1,600,000 inc. VAT | 8 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Citizen's Advice Bournemouth Christchurch & PooleVCSE
- Signed
- 15 Jul 2025
- Value
- £1,600,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 15 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CITIZENS ADVICE BOURNEMOUTH, CHRISTCHURCH AND POOLEAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender