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Published 1 Apr 2025, 13:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Leeds Advice Service · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2031 · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Leeds Advice Services contract provides free, independent, impartial and confidential advice for the people of Leeds. Areas of advice (as a minimum) include Welfare Benefits, Housing, Immigration, and Debt.

The service is currently delivered as a partnership approach, operating across the city of Leeds and via a range of access channels -telephone, digital and face to face.

Advice services provided through the contract support clients to make informed decisions about their individual circumstances. The service is outcome based to ensure that clients are supported to improve their individual circumstances, specifically through income maximisation, debt solutions and resolution of advice related issues and disputes such as housing, welfare benefits, and debt.

CPV: Legal advisory services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 (5 yrs)
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Apr 2025, 13:59 BST
Last source update
1 Apr 2025, 13:59 BST
Authority reference
97659
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012262
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Legal advisory services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE42)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fb56 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    1 Apr 2025, 13:59 BST
  2. Market engagement
    28 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    A market sounding exercise is being undertaken via a questionnaire, which will be published on YORtender (uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗). Suppliers are required to be registered on YORtender in order to access the questionnaire. Once logged in, please search for the opportunity using reference 97659.

    Please complete the questionnaire and submit via the YORtender portal before the closing date (12 noon on Monday 28th April 2025).

    Clarification questions should be raised via the YORtender portal prior to the deadline.

    Interested parties should note that if this market sounding exercise identifies that the market is extremely limited or there is a lack of understanding regarding the subject matter, the council reserves the right to seek authorisation through its governance procedure to enter into a contract with an organisation that satisfies the criteria, as detailed in Appendix 1 of the questionnaire. If more than one organisation satisfies the requirements of the criteria, the service will be subject to a formal competitive tendering exercise.

  3. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Apr 2025, 13:59 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leeds City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJYG-6658-PPMY Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 1URContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure