ESCC Crisis Payment Scheme contract awarded to CITIZENS ADVICE 1066

Tender information last checkedLast checked 19 Oct 2026, 13:28.

Opportunity overview

The Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) is the successor of the Household Support Fund and provides a national Crisis Payment offer (distinct from Housing Payments). National guidance requires a cash first, needs based approach, proportionate evidence, accessible routes, and robust management information (MI). The Council has awarded a contract to a single provider for the Crisis Payment Scheme.

Awarded to

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CITIZENS ADVICE 1066

Matched by number

Published award value: £1.8m
Awarded: 4 Aug 2026
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 02923647
Location: St. Leonards-On-Sea, UKJ22, TN37 6GL, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: PM3 16331
Status: complete
Procurement Method: open
Procurement Method Details: Open procedure

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Special regime

lightTouch

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Published documents

Entry 1

Id: conflictOfInterest
Document Type: conflictOfInterest
Description: Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: East Sussex County Council
Id: GB-PPON-PXGX-2145-PRQJ

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PXGX-2145-PRQJ

Address

Street Address: County Hall, St Anne's Crescent
Locality: Lewes
Postal Code: BN7 1UE
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKJ22

Contact

Email: amy.wilkinson@eastsussex.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/ ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - sub-central government

Organisation 2

Name: CITIZENS ADVICE 1066
Id: GB-COH-02923647

Identifier

Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 02923647

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PPDG-9512-HYPM

Address

Street Address: Citizens Advice 1066 The Magnet Centre, 1 Christ Church Courtyard
Locality: St. Leonards-On-Sea
Postal Code: TN37 6GL
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKJ22

Contact

Email: finance@citizensadvice1066.co.uk

Roles

supplier

Details

Url: http://www.citizensadvice1066.co.uk ↗
Scale: large
Vcse: Yes
Public Service Mission Organization: No
Sheltered Workshop: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Status: active
Main Procurement Category: services

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 75100000
Description: Administration services

Entry 2

Scheme: CPV
Id: 75200000
Description: Provision of services to the community

Entry 3

Scheme: CPV
Id: 79430000
Description: Crisis management services

Entry 4

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85000000
Description: Health and social work services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKJ22
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-02923647
Name: CITIZENS ADVICE 1066

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Has Renewal: Yes
Above Threshold: Yes
Date Signed: 1 Sept 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts: 1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 30 Apr 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date: 30 Apr 2032, 23:59

Renewal

Description: up to three years extension option

Value

Including VAT: 2,160,000
Amount: 1,800,000
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 098415-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098415-2026 ↗
Published: 19 Oct 2026, 11:54
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Lewes · UKJ22 · BN7 1UE · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS

048911-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender · 26 May 2026, 15:16
078092-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 17 Aug 2026, 12:37
098415-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 19 Oct 2026, 11:54

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

East Sussex County Council awarded the ESCC Crisis Payment Scheme to CITIZENS ADVICE 1066 following an open procedure. The contract is explicitly recorded as signed and active from 1 September 2026 to 30 April 2029, with an option to extend by up to three years.

Published outcome signals

Procurement routeOpen procedure; light-touch regimeEvidence: Tender records procurementMethodDetails as "Open procedure" and specialRegime as "lightTouch".
Award decisionAward recorded on 5 August 2026Evidence: Award dataset lists award_date as 2026-08-05 for award ID 1.
Contract signatureSigned on 1 September 2026Evidence: Contract ID 1 has dateSigned 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.

98% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 098415-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06a3ef
First published: 17 Aug 2026
Last checked: 19 Oct 2026, 13:28
Notice versions reviewed: 3

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 19 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award (award ID 1) covers lot 1. CITIZENS ADVICE 1066 is the verified legal supplier. The published contract value is £1,800,000 excluding VAT (£2,160,000 including VAT).

Market significance

This is an above-threshold, light-touch services procurement for delivery of a local crisis-payment scheme in East Sussex. The stated maximum potential term runs to 30 April 2032 if extension options are used.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

CITIZENS ADVICE 1066

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · £1,800,000 excluding VAT; £2,160,000 including VAT GBP · verified supplier; active award and contract

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Award ID 1 names supplier GB-COH-02923647. Supplier verification confirms company number 02923647 and verified company name CITIZENS ADVICE 1066. The value is stated at contract level for the single award and contract.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Procurement route

99% confidence

Open procedure; light-touch regime

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Tender records procurementMethodDetails as "Open procedure" and specialRegime as "lightTouch".

Award decision

95% confidence

Award recorded on 5 August 2026

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Award dataset lists award_date as 2026-08-05 for award ID 1.

Contract signature

99% confidence

Signed on 1 September 2026

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Contract ID 1 has dateSigned 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.

Contract status

99% confidence

Active

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Contract ID 1 and award ID 1 are both recorded with status "active".

Contract details publication

99% confidence

19 October 2026

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The contract details notice is dated 2026-10-19T11:54:23+01:00.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value excluding VAT

99% confidence

£1,800,000

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Contract ID 1 value.amount is 1800000 GBP.

Contract value including VAT

99% confidence

£2,160,000

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Contract ID 1 value.amountGross is 2160000 GBP.

Value allocation

98% confidence

The published contract value applies to the single active contract linked to award 1 and lot 1.

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Contract ID 1 links to awardID 1; award 1 relates to lot 1 and names one supplier.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Tender notice published

99% confidence

26 May 2026

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Release history lists Tender notice on Find a Tender dated 2026-05-26T15:16:19+01:00.

Contract award notice published

99% confidence

17 August 2026

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Release history lists Contract award notice on Find a Tender dated 2026-08-17T12:37:54+01:00.

Award date

95% confidence

5 August 2026

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Award record for award ID 1 lists 2026-08-05.

Contract start

99% confidence

1 September 2026

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Contract period startDate is 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.

Initial contract end

99% confidence

30 April 2029

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Contract period endDate is 2029-04-30T23:59:59+01:00.

Maximum possible end

99% confidence

30 April 2032

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Contract maxExtentDate is 2032-04-30T23:59:59+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

99% confidence

Crisis Payment Scheme

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Procurement title is "ESCC Crisis Payment Scheme".

Programme context

98% confidence

The Crisis and Resilience Fund succeeds the Household Support Fund and provides a national Crisis Payment offer distinct from Housing Payments.

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Published tender description.

Delivery approach stated in notice

98% confidence

Cash-first, needs-based support with proportionate evidence, accessible routes and robust management information.

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Published tender description.

Service categories

99% confidence

Administration services; community services; crisis management services; health and social work services.

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Award item CPV classifications: 75100000, 75200000, 79430000 and 85000000.

Delivery geography

91% confidence

UKJ22, covering the buyer's East Sussex region.

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Award delivery address is region UKJ22; buyer is East Sussex County Council.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Open procedure

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Tender procurementMethodDetails is "Open procedure".

Regime

99% confidence

Light-touch services regime

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Tender specialRegime contains "lightTouch".

Lots and award structure

99% confidence

One published lot; one award to one supplier.

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Tender lists lot 1; award 1 relates to lot 1 and names CITIZENS ADVICE 1066 as its sole supplier.

Competition information

99% confidence

Number of tenders, bidder identities, scoring and evaluation rationale are unknown.

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Information not supplied in the published notice data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Term

99% confidence

1 September 2026 to 30 April 2029

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Contract ID 1 period startDate and endDate.

Extension option

99% confidence

Up to three years

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Contract renewal description states "up to three years extension option".

Maximum potential term

99% confidence

Until 30 April 2032 if extension options are exercised

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Contract maxExtentDate is 2032-04-30.

Threshold status

99% confidence

Above threshold

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Contract ID 1 records aboveThreshold as true.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Award structure

99% confidence

The procurement resulted in a single-provider arrangement for the Crisis Payment Scheme.

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Tender description states the Council awarded a contract to a single provider; award 1 names one supplier.

Management information requirement

97% confidence

Robust management information is expressly identified as part of the service context.

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Published tender description.

Commercial detail not published

99% confidence

No pricing schedule, payment mechanism, performance measures or evaluation rationale is supplied in the notice data.

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Information not supplied in the published notice data.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

98%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-06a3ef
Analysed: 19 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

East Sussex County Council

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Buyer party is named East Sussex County Council.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Sub-central government public authority

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Buyer classification is "Public authority - sub-central government".

Buyer location

99% confidence

Lewes, East Sussex

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Buyer address lists County Hall, Lewes, BN7 1UE.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Legal supplier identity

99% confidence

CITIZENS ADVICE 1066 (company number 02923647)

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Supplier verification matched the source supplier using company number 02923647 and confirmed the verified company name.

Supplier classification

98% confidence

Large VCSE

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Supplier party details record scale as large and vcse as true.

Supplier location

99% confidence

St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex

View supporting evidence

Supplier address lists St. Leonards-On-Sea, TN37 6GL.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Extension horizon

99% confidence

An extension of up to three years is available; the maximum stated end date is 30 April 2032.

View supporting evidence

Contract renewal description and maxExtentDate.

Renewal estimate

93% confidence

The earliest natural re-procurement point would be around the initial end date of 30 April 2029 if no extension is exercised. This is an estimate, not a procurement forecast.

View supporting evidence

Contract endDate is 2029-04-30 and hasRenewal is true.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Publication basis

99% confidence

Analysis is based on a Find a Tender contract details notice and associated structured release history.

View supporting evidence

Source URL and document record identify notice 098415-2026 as a Contract details notice on Find a Tender.

Supplier identity quality

99% confidence

Supplier identity is verified against the supplied Companies House company number and legal name.

View supporting evidence

supplierVerification reports status verified, match method company_number, company number 02923647 and verified company name CITIZENS ADVICE 1066.

Lot detail limitation

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate lot value.

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Lot record contains null title, description and value_amount.

Information not supplied in the published notice

99% confidence

Submission deadline, tender count, bid prices, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown and performance measures are not provided.

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These fields are absent or null in the supplied data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
Information not supplied in the published notice includes tender-response numbers, bidder identities beyond the winner, evaluation scoring, award rationale, pricing breakdown, service levels and performance measures.
The published extension option does not confirm that any extension will be exercised.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the ESCC Crisis Payment Scheme contract?

CITIZENS ADVICE 1066, verified under company number 02923647, won award ID 1 for lot 1.

What is the value of the contract?

The contract value is £1,800,000 excluding VAT and £2,160,000 including VAT.

When does the contract run?

It is signed and active from 1 September 2026 to 30 April 2029, with an option to extend by up to three years.

What procurement procedure was used?

East Sussex County Council used an open procedure under the light-touch regime.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

ESCC Crisis Payment Scheme

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

CITIZENS ADVICE 1066

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Special regime

Covered By

Lots and requirements

Published documents

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Additional Identifiers

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Suppliers

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Period

Renewal

Value

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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