Approval to proceed to tender for two contracts to delivery advice services within the Royal Borough of Greenwich

April 13, 2026 Director of Resources (Officer) Key decision Approved View on council website

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Summary

The Director of Resources approved proceeding to tender for two contracts to deliver advice services within the Royal Borough of Greenwich on 13/04/2026. The decision approved a three-lot procurement for Housing, Immigration, and Generalist advice with a maximum cost of £1,677,000, and a single-lot procurement for food advice at food banks with a maximum cost of £507,000. The contracts will be funded by the Central Government’s Crisis and Resilience Fund.

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Purpose

The purpose of this decision is to approve the procurement activity for the advice hub programme, funded by the Crisis & Resilience Fund

Decision

Approved proceed to tender for a three lot procurement to deliver Housing, Immigration and Generalist advice respectively at hub locations within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The maximum contract cost is anticipated to be £1,677,000.

Approved proceed to tender for a single lot procurement to deliver food advice at food banks located within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The maximum contract cost is anticipated to be £507,000.

Noted that for both contracts the contract term will be 2 years and 9 months from 1 July 2026 to 31 March 2029, with an option to extend for 12 months subject to satisfactory performance. The total cost for all contracts will be a maximum of £2.2 million.

Noted that these contracts will be funded from the Central Government’s Crisis and Resilience Fund.

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Details

Outcome	Recommendations Approved
Decision date	13 Apr 2026
Effective from	18 Apr 2026
Expected date	10 Apr 2026
Originally due	1 Apr 2026
Lead officer	Corin Hammersley
Subject to call-in	Yes