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Published 5 Sept 2025, 14:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Shaping Our Collaborative Response to the Crisis and Resilience Fund

Official notice

Authority: Somerset Council (Local council)

ServicesLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South West (UKK23)
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 CRF marks a significant shift in how crisis support will be delivered locally, combining emergency support with preventative approaches to build financial resilience. It also brings together funding streams such as Discretionary Housing Payments, aiming to streamline access for those in need.

CPV: Health and social work 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: South WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
85000000 Health and social work services

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
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
5 Sept 2025, 14:54 BST
Last source update
5 Sept 2025, 14:54 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054347
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
South West (UKK23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059519 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    5 Sept 2025, 14:54 BST
  2. Market engagement
    24 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    We hope to use the CRF to develop new ways of working together, encouraging partnerships and alliances across the sector in support of families/residents of Somerset who are living in poverty.

    We are pleased to invite you to a dedicated engagement event to explore how we can work together to deliver on the new DWP Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF), launching on 1 April 2026.

    This engagement session will provide an opportunity to:

    • Share early thinking on the CRF
    • Discuss how we can co-design a joined-up, community-led delivery model
    • Identify opportunities to strengthen partnerships and preventative support
    • Ensure the voice and expertise of the VCFSE sector is central to shaping local implementation

    Your insights and experience are vital to ensuring the fund delivers meaningful outcomes for residents. We hope you can join us in this important conversation.

    Event Details

    Date: 24 September 2025

    Time: 13:00-15:00

    Location: Confirmation will be received upon registration for the event

    RSVP by: 22 September 2025

    Expression of interest in attending:

    If you would like to attend this event, please let us know by emailing stephen.barker@somerset.gov.uk giving the names and email addresses of those people who would attend (max. 2 per organisation).

    Please ensure that those attending from your organisation are the most appropriate to feed into the discussions. If you are unable to attend the event, the presentation, notes and associated documentation will be available through the e-tender system supplierlive.proactisp2p.com ↗

    Please respond by the deadline of 12:00 noon on 22nd September 2025 if you wish to attend. Thank you.

    Somerset Council reserves the right to cancel or re-arrange these events at its own discretion.

    Organisations that take part will not be advantaged or disadvantaged in any way in any potential future formal procurement. Commercial confidentiality will be respected. This notice does not represent a formal commitment by Somerset Council to undertake a procurement procedure.

  3. Contract starts213 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Sept 2025, 14:54 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

Somerset Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPGC-1434-MQPJ County Hall, The Crescent, Taunton, South West, TA1 4DYContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure