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South Area Council Community Outreach Advice Sessions

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Buyer Address: Town Hall, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UKE31, S70 2TA, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Katie Tomlinson

Contact Email: katietomlinson@barnsley.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 0126000000

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
264000.0 GBP
Gross: 264000 GBP
Published
09 Feb 2026, 10:30
Deadline
09 Mar 2026, 12:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
85000000 - Health and social work services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) is looking to establish a contract with a Provider/s to deliver Community Outreach Advice sessions in partnership with the South Area Council, Ward Alliances and other South Area Council Commissioned services. The Service will need to be free and confidential delivered across the four wards of Darfield, Wombwell, Hoyland Milton and Rockingham. The purpose of the service is to enable local residents to deal with a wide range of issues including welfare benefits and debt advice but also able to help residents deal with wider needs such as housing, debt, utilities, employment, digital skills, relationships, consumer issues, tribunal support, food access, health and wellbeing. The Contract will run from 1st July 2026 for a period of 24 months (2 years), with the option to extend for 1 further period of 12 months (1 year). The services being procured, fall within the below threshold Light Touch Regime as defined in the Procurement Act 2023 and associated regulations. This regime applies to certain social, health, and related services and offers flexibility in the design of the procurement process. This procurement process will be conducted using the Open Procedure, a single-stage process under the Procurement Act 2023. All interested suppliers are invited to submit a full tender in response to this ITT. Under the Open Procedure, bidders will provide all required tender documentation in one stage.

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011271-2026

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot LOT-0000 Status: active

Lot LOT-0000 Value: GBP 264,000

Lot LOT-0000 Value (Gross): GBP 264,000

Lot LOT-0000 Contract Start: 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z

Lot LOT-0000 Contract End: 2028-06-30T23:59:59+01:00

Lot LOT-0000 SME Suitable: Yes

Lot LOT-0000 Award Criterion (quality): Quality (80%)

Lot LOT-0000 Award Criterion (price): Price (20%)

Documents

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