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CPH123 Grant Fulfilment Service

Derbyshire County Council · compiled

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Opportunity overview

The contract relates to the provision of grant fulfilment services to residents of Derbyshire in relation to financial hardship or support schemes administered by the Authority. The provider will: Process resident applications referred by the Authority Deliver urgent support to vulnerable residents. Source, procure, and distribute goods and services (e.g. household appliances and bacs payments) Processing in excess of 2072 individual transaction per annum with full compliance with data protection, safeguarding and financial controls. Ensure accurate transaction-level reporting and auditability Provide a complete end to end solution without fragmenting the requirements across multiple contracts or systems. The service must operate within the Authority's legal duties under welfare support legislation, while ensuring security, safeguarding, and auditability. Family Fund Trading (t/a Family Fund Business Services) will be paid £5,000 per annum to deliver and administer all grant fulfilment services. Where an inflationary increase is required for operational costs this will be caped to the Public Health grant increases. Previous notice reference: 2025/S 000-000651 Family Fund Trading (t/a Family Fund Business Services) will arrange grant awarded goods and payments direct to Derbyshire residents estimated grant awarded value received directly to Derbyshire residents of an upper limit of £950,000 per annum.

Awarded to

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Family Fund Trust

Match pending…
Contract value
£102k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
20 Oct 2025
Award ID
072900-2025-1
Status
active
Location
London, UKF1, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • The contract relates to the provision of grant fulfilment services to residents of Derbyshire in relation to financial hardship or support schemes administered by the Authority. The provider will: Process resident applications referred by the Authority Deliver urgent support to vulnerable residents. Source, procure, and distribute goods and services (e.g. household appliances and bacs payments) Processing in excess of 2072 individual transaction per annum with full compliance with data protection, safeguarding and financial controls. Ensure accurate transaction-level reporting and auditability Provide a complete end to end solution without fragmenting the requirements across multiple contracts or systems. The service must operate within the Authority's legal duties under welfare support legislation, while ensuring security, safeguarding, and auditability. Family Fund Trading (t/a Family Fund Business Services) will be paid £5,000 per annum to deliver and administer all grant fulfilment services. Where an inflationary increase is required for operational costs this will be caped to the Public Health grant increases. Previous notice reference: 2025/S 000-000651. Family Fund Trading (t/a Family Fund Business Services) will arrange grant awarded goods and payments direct to Derbyshire residents estimated grant awarded value received directly to Derbyshire residents of an upper limit of £950,000 per annum.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05deed
Status
complete
Review Details
Derbyshire County Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days (or 15 if non electronic or fax methods used) standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to the relevant economic operators. Debriefing by the Council shall be in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 (as amended) (the Regulations). Such information should be requested from the addressee in Section 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved the Regulations provide for the aggrieved parties who are of the opinion that they have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought as soon as possible.
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Family Fund Trading (trading as Family Fund Business Services) is the only known provider with the technical capability to deliver the full scope of grant fulfilment services as a single, integrated solution. No other provider offers a comparable service that combines referral handling, procurement, distribution, payments and reporting within a unified, audit-compliant platform. Alternative delivery models would require multiple providers and contracts, resulting in technical fragmentation, reduced accountability, and increased risk to service quality and data security. Replicating the solution through separate contracts or in-house arrangements would introduce significant operational and technical inefficiencies, undermine auditability, and delay delivery of urgent support to vulnerable residents. Therefore, there is no reasonable technical substitute capable of delivering the service to the required standard, and the use of Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) is justified.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
The contract relates to the provision of grant fulfilment services to residents of Derbyshire in relation to financial hardship or support schemes administered by the Authority. The provider will: Process resident applications referred by the Authority Deliver urgent support to vulnerable residents. Source, procure, and distribute goods and services (e.g. household appliances and bacs payments) Processing in excess of 2072 individual transaction per annum with full compliance with data protection, safeguarding and financial controls. Ensure accurate transaction-level reporting and auditability Provide a complete end to end solution without fragmenting the requirements across multiple contracts or systems. The service must operate within the Authority's legal duties under welfare support legislation, while ensuring security, safeguarding, and auditability. Family Fund Trading (t/a Family Fund Business Services) will be paid £5,000 per annum to deliver and administer all grant fulfilment services. Where an inflationary increase is required for operational costs this will be caped to the Public Health grant increases. Previous notice reference: 2025/S 000-000651. Family Fund Trading (t/a Family Fund Business Services) will arrange grant awarded goods and payments direct to Derbyshire residents estimated grant awarded value received directly to Derbyshire residents of an upper limit of £950,000 per annum.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Within the geographical area of Derbyshire (excluding Derby City

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-140671
Name
Derbyshire County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKF1
Locality
Matlock
Postal Code
DE43AG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Derbyshire County Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Contact

Name
Jayne Smith
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-134520
Name
Family Fund Trust

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKF1
Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Family Fund Trust
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-77228
Name
High Court (Technology and Construction Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
High Court (Technology and Construction Court

Award information

Award 1
Id
072900-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-134520
Name
Family Fund Trust

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
072900-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
072900-2025-1
Date Signed
21 Oct 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
102,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Matlock · UKF1 · DE43AG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF1

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05deed-2025-11-11T15:30:13Zcompiled ·