Awarded contract

ESCC Crisis Payment Scheme

Details

Buyer: East Sussex County Council
Supplier(s): CITIZENS ADVICE 1066
Value: £1,800,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Administration services
Published: 17 August 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) is the successor of the Household Support Fund and provides a national Crisis Payment offer (distinct from Housing Payments). National guidance requires a cash first, needs based approach, proportionate evidence, accessible routes, and robust management information (MI). The Council has awarded a contract to a single provider for the Crisis Payment Scheme. ## Contract award Title: ESCC Crisis Payment Scheme

Timeline

Completed: Award date5 August 2026
Completed: Award published17 August 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

East Sussex County Council buys as a local government organisation through Orbis Procurement, a shared service with Surrey County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council. Procurement sits in three categories, People, Place, and Corporate, IT and Governance, each with its own Procurement Partner. An Orbis Joint Committee oversees the partnership's shared procurement service.

Over the past 5 years, most of East Sussex County Council's contract awards have been in transport services, construction work and transport equipment.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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