Awarded contract

Connect Somerset - Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) Alliance Lead

Details

Buyer: Somerset Council
Supplier(s): CITIZENS ADVICE SOMERSET
Value: £1,988,750
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 20 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

A strategic partner to act as Alliance Lead, coordinating a multi-agency approach to deliver the DWP Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) across Somerset. The Alliance Lead will work with other VCFSE partners to deliver on a collaborative framework between Somerset Council and VCFSE partners to deliver targeted support. The aim is to strengthen community resilience, provide crisis intervention, and ensure equitable access to support vulnerable residents with their wellbeing and financial resilience ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published20 March 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date20 March 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

Somerset Council is a unitary local authority that buys through its own central procurement team. Commissioning favours suppliers who can show social value, environmental impact and local supply chain benefits.

Quotes are invited from multiple suppliers for lower-value goods, works and services.

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

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-council.gov