AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has concluded a contract with WE ARE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED for a community-based money education and early-intervention advice model. The supplier will act as lead provider, delivering services and coordinating VCFSE partners.
Published outcomeContract 2 is active, signed on 30 September 2026, and runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028.
Market significanceThe £454,048 net contract creates a two-year opportunity centred on preventative financial education, early financial-risk identification, local partnership delivery and VCFSE supply-chain coordination.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
WE ARE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 2 · Lots 1 · 454048 GBP · active
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Contract 2, linked to award 2 and lot 1, names supplier identifier GB-COH-08018895. Supplier verification matches company number 08018895 to WE ARE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Tender notice published
98% confidence22 May 2026
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Release history lists tender notice 048068-2026 released on 2026-05-22.
Award notice published
98% confidence28 July 2026
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Release history lists contract award notice 071311-2026 released on 2026-07-28.
Contract signed
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract 2 gives dateSigned as 2026-09-30.
Contract start
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 2 period startDate is 2026-10-01.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Contract document 095531-2026 and release history give publication date 2026-10-09.
Contract end
99% confidence30 September 2028
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Contract 2 period endDate is 2028-09-30.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£454,048
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Contract 2 value.amount is 454048 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£544,857.60
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Contract 2 value.amountGross is 544857.6 GBP.
Value allocation
95% confidenceSingle contract value; no lot-level split published
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One contract is linked to award 2 and lot 1; no individual lot value is supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract term
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028
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Contract 2 period specifies these start and end dates.
Term length
99% confidenceTwo years
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The published contract period runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service requirement
99% confidencePreventative, community-enabled money education and early-intervention advice
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Tender description states the Council seeks this model through the VCFSE sector.
Target outcomes
99% confidenceFinancial education, resilience, money confidence and early identification of financial risk before debt or crisis escalates
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Tender description specifies these objectives.
Delivery model
99% confidenceLead provider with direct delivery and coordination of a VCFSE consortium or partnership
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Tender description requests a lead provider able to coordinate VCFSE organisations, including smaller community groups.
Lead-provider responsibilities
99% confidenceContract management, governance, quality assurance, performance reporting, financial management, and subcontractor support and oversight
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Tender description explicitly assigns these responsibilities to the lead provider.
Classification
98% confidenceHealth and social work services (CPV 85000000)
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Award item 1 includes CPV 85000000.
Delivery area
95% confidenceUKI52
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Award item delivery address is region UKI52.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen competition
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Tender procurementMethod is open and procurementMethodDetails is 'Below threshold - open competition'.
Regime
99% confidenceLight touch
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Tender specialRegime lists lightTouch.
Lots
99% confidenceOne published lot (lot 1)
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Tender lists lot 1; the award and contract are linked to lot 1.
Bidder count and evaluation
99% confidenceUnknown
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CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 2 status is active.
Signature status
99% confidenceSigned on 30 September 2026
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Contract 2 explicitly provides dateSigned as 2026-09-30.
VAT treatment
98% confidencePublished net and gross values imply £90,809.60 VAT
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Published gross value is £544,857.60 and net value is £454,048; the difference is £90,809.60.
Extensions or renewals
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Partnering relevance
96% confidenceThe lead-provider model explicitly anticipates coordination of VCFSE organisations and smaller community groups, indicating potential delivery-partnership roles.
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Tender description says the provider may coordinate a consortium or partnership including smaller community groups.
Capability focus
97% confidenceRelevant delivery capabilities include community financial education, prevention, local network engagement, governance, quality assurance and subcontractor oversight.
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These are stated requirements and responsibilities in the tender description.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier-name discrepancy resolved
99% confidenceThe source party name is 'We Are Group Holding LTD', while verified company-number matching identifies the legal supplier as WE ARE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED.
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Supplier verification records a name mismatch and a company-number match for 08018895.
Award-record inconsistency
94% confidenceThe supplied award summary includes awards 1 and 2, while the detailed OCDS award and signed contract are award/contract 2. The analysis relies on the detailed contract linkage for signed-contract findings.
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Detailed JSON contains award id 2 and contract awardID 2; flattened award data also contains award id 1 with a value and date.
Lot detail limitation
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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Lot data supplies only id 1 and status complete; no title, description or value is present.
Competition information limitation
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice on bid numbers, scores, selection rationale or pricing breakdown.
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No such fields are present in the supplied notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplied award summary contains two active award records for lot 1, but only award 2 is explicitly linked to the detailed signed contract; the relationship of award 1 to the final contract is not explained.
- No bid count, bidder identities, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing schedule or performance measures are published in the supplied data.
- No lot title, lot description or lot-specific value is published for lot 1.
- No published extension, renewal, variation or break-clause provisions are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
WE ARE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDLondon Borough of Barking and Dagenhamcommunity money educationearly intervention adviceVCFSEfinancial resiliencepublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Community Money Education and Early Intervention Advice Model contract?
WE ARE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED, verified against company number 08018895.
What is the contract value?
The published value is £454,048 excluding VAT and £544,857.60 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
It runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028 and was signed on 30 September 2026.
What services are covered?
Preventative community money education, financial resilience and confidence support, and early identification of financial risk, delivered through a lead-provider and VCFSE partnership model.
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