CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Bilingual Benefit Entitlement Checks to Support Advice Services within Energy Saving Trust

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Energy Saving Trust provides a range of advice and support to customers in Wales. As part of these services, we are tendering for a bilingual welfare benefit entitlement check (BEC) provider to ensure customers referred by Energy Saving Trust are receiving the appropriate welfare benefits, and to advise on further entitlements if applicable. We expect the provider will be experienced in delivering welfare benefit advice to customers and anticipate referring approximately 130 to 150 customers to the BEC service per month, but this is subject to fluctuation depending on the number of customers contacting the advice service that meet the criteria for a BEC referral. Customers who will be referred to this service include those who.

• are not currently receiving welfare benefits

• have not had a benefit entitlement check for at least six (6) months

• have an income of below £18,000 per annum

• may have disabilities and/or health conditions.

To deliver these aims, we are tendering to procure the services of a BEC provider who is able to deliver advice in both English and Welsh. The awardee may be based in Wales, or in the wider United Kingdom and operating in Wales.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=139316.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

We anticipate referring approximately 130 to 150 customers to the BEC service per month, but this is subject to fluctuation depending on the number of customers contacting the advice service that meet the criteria for a BEC referral. The maximum budget available for this project is in the range of £60,000 to £100,000 over a possible four-year period. The maximum available in the first year is £15,000 – £25,000. It should be noted that no minimum value of work is guaranteed.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

As stated in the tendering documents

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

EST/ITT/BEC/0424

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

N/A

(WA Ref:139316)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice