Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Leicester City Council
City Hall, 115 Charles Street
Leicester
LE1 1FZ
UK
Contact person: Mr Martin Grogan
Telephone: +44 1164545013
E-mail: martin.grogan@leicester.gov.uk
NUTS: UKF21
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.leicester.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.leicester.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
FEW1503 - Provision of Welfare Advice Services – Generalist Advice (Tier 1 and 2)
Reference number: DN768625
II.1.2) Main CPV code
98000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The provision of Tier 1 and Tier 2 generalist welfare advice primarily through digital and telephony-based support – Monday to Friday (9:00am – 4.30pm) and Limited Face-to-Face appointments at York House, Leicester on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
360 861.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF21
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The provision of Tier 1 and Tier 2 generalist welfare advice primarily through digital and telephony-based support – Monday to Friday (9:00am – 4.30pm) and Limited Face-to-Face appointments at York House, Leicester on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 0
Price
/ Weighting:
100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Explanation
The Direct Award is being made after the Procurement Act 2023 has come into force, but the failed procurement was conducted under PCR 2015. It has been considered at which point LCC started discussions with the existing supplier with the intention of entering into a contract with them - this was prior to 24 February 2025 therefore regulation 32 of the PCR 2015 would still apply.
Regulation 32 (2) of the PCR 2015 states:
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:—
(a)where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered and that a report is sent to the Commission where it so requests;
If a contracting authority signalled its intent to enter into a contract with a supplier without prior publication of a contract notice, then it can continue to negotiate that contract under the previous legislation that was in place when the intention to award the contract was given. Discussions with the existing supplier started prior to 24 Feb 2025.
On this basis a Direct Award to the supplier for this service should be granted under Regulation 32(2) of the PCR 2015.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-041120
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: FEW1503
Title: FEW1503 - Provision of Welfare Advice Services – Generalist Advice (Tier 1 and 2)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31/03/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Citizens Advice Leicestershire
Clarence House, 46 Humberstone Gate
Leicester
LE1 3PJ
UK
NUTS: UKF21
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 360 861.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Construction and Technology Court (King's Bench Division)
Priority Courts, 33 Bull Street
Birmingham
B4 6DS
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/07/2025