Open tenders / Health & social care
Open tender · Notice 101210-2026
SK Information Advice and Guidance services
- Value
- £252k
- Closes
- 23 Nov 2026 (15 days)
- Where
- East of England
- Lots
- 1
- Suitable for SMEs
- Not stated
- Contract
- 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2029
In plain English
Central Bedfordshire Council wants a supplier to run community-based Information Advice and Guidance services in the East of England, from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029. The estimated value is £252,000 in total, it is a single lot and it is open to all bidders under lighter below-threshold rules.
Good fit for: Local advice, guidance or community support organisations used to delivering information and advice services to residents.
Written with AI from the official notice. Check the notice before relying on it.
What the buyer says
The Council will be procuring community-based Information Advice and Guidance services. Technical requirements and tender instructions of the Information Advice and Guidance Service is available within the Invitation to Tender documentation. The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the quotation process. Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all. If there is anything you are not sure about or need clarification on, please use the Correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system. Last date for receiving questions on the In-Tend system: 13/11/2026 Completed proposals and attachments should be submitted electronically by the due date via our In-tend electronic tendering system. Quotations must be uploaded via the My Return section of the system. Quotations submitted through the correspondence facility will not be considered. Your proposal must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 12pm (noon) on 23/11/2026. Proposal received after that time will be excluded.
Getting the documents
supplier.in-tend.co.uk (the buyer's own site, usually free to register).
Procedure: Below threshold - open competition (Open: anyone can bid (a lower-value contract with lighter rules)). Published 26 Oct 2026.
What similar contracts went for
Similar contracts went for £848k to £930k (2 since 2025; 1 won by small firms).
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) Service on the Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Council | Isle of Wight Citizens Advice Bureau | £930k | 3 Feb |
| Tier 1 Peer Support, and Information, Advice, and Guidance service Suffolk County Council | Realise Futures CIC SME | £848k | 9 Sep |
From the award notices on Find a Tender and Public Contracts Scotland. Values are as each notice states them and cover the contract's whole term: most notices give the value before VAT, but about one in seven gives only a figure including VAT. AI picked these as the same kind of work and can be wrong, so check what each one included before you price.
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