Closed tender

PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Details

Published
6 January 2025
Submission
5 February 2025

Tender description

Financial Services to People Resident within the Borough of Hartlepool. The aim of the Service is to provide free, confidential, independent, impartial, high quality advice with a focus on but not limited to: Personal Independence Payments, Attendance Allowance, Council Tax Support, Negotiating housing payments, Universal Credit, Carers Allowance, Pension credit, Tax credit, Employment and support allowance, Disability living allowance, Applications and appeals, Debt including bankruptcy/negotiating with creditors/IVAs, Advocacy for people unable to advocate for themselves in benefit appeals and support to access advocacy services to support in benefit appeals. The Service will be adaptable to change to meet future changes in relevant legalisation. Keywords: advice, debt, financial support, benefits

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published6 January 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date5 February 2025

About the buyer

Hartlepool Borough Council is a unitary authority buying as a local authority for the Hartlepool area. Competitive contract opportunities are advertised on the Open portal, shared with neighbouring north-east local authorities. Suppliers can register for free with Open to receive alerts on new opportunities by category or area. Consultancy services of any value are advertised separately through the NEPRO Solution on Bloom. The Corporate Procurement Team maintains the council's contract register, covering current and upcoming contracts. Hartlepool also acts as lead authority for the Tees Valley Combined Authority on certain programmes.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Hartlepool Borough Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and education and training.

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