✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 19 Oct 2026, 15:25.
Opportunity overview
Coventry City Council are seeking applications for grant funding to appoint one provider for the following two lots:
• Lot 1: Specialist legal advice, including legal welfare benefit advice
• Lot 2: General welfare benefit and debt advice
Classification
CPV85312310 — Guidance services
CPV98000000 — Other community, social and personal services
Lots
Lot 1: Specialist legal advice, including legal welfare benefit advice£970k
Lot 2: General welfare benefit and debt advice£670k
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Scope, procedure and submissions
Id
COV27656
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
Please register via Coventry City Council's e-procurement system - CSW-JETS via https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/midlands/home
Registration is free, and takes just a few minutes. When complete, you will be able to express interest in any of the Councils’/Authorities’ opportunities when they are made available including this tender. In addition, we will be able to access your details whenever we have a requirement, and you may then be invited to tender or quote for work. Once you are registered and log in to the system you will be able to locate the tender opportunity, express interest and access the documentation by selecting the CSW-JETS portal.
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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098511-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Coventry City Council is inviting applications for grant funding to appoint one provider across two advice-service lots: specialist legal and legal welfare-benefit advice, and general welfare-benefit and debt advice. The stated total maximum value is £1.64m.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations that explicitly provide the relevant advice services. Lot 1 requires specialist legal advice including legal welfare-benefit advice; Lot 2 requires general welfare-benefit and debt advice.
Key points identified
Lot 1 serviceSpecialist legal advice, including legal welfare benefit adviceEvidence: Lot 1 title and description: "Specialist legal advice, including legal welfare benefit advice" / "Provision of Specialist legal advice, including legal welfare benefit advice".
Lot 2 serviceGeneral welfare benefit and debt adviceEvidence: Lot 2 title and description: "General welfare benefit and debt advice" / "Provision of General welfare benefit and debt advice".
Provider appointmentOne provider for two lotsEvidence: Opportunity description: "seeking applications for grant funding to appoint one provider for the following two lots".
95% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified5 risks or unknowns
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Coventry City Council is inviting applications for grant funding to appoint one provider across two advice-service lots: specialist legal and legal welfare-benefit advice, and general welfare-benefit and debt advice. The stated total maximum value is £1.64m.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations that explicitly provide the relevant advice services. Lot 1 requires specialist legal advice including legal welfare-benefit advice; Lot 2 requires general welfare-benefit and debt advice.
Key deliverables
Lot 1: Specialist legal advice, including legal welfare benefit advice.
Lot 2: General welfare benefit and debt advice.
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Lot 1 service
99% confidence
Specialist legal advice, including legal welfare benefit advice
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Lot 1 title and description: "Specialist legal advice, including legal welfare benefit advice" / "Provision of Specialist legal advice, including legal welfare benefit advice".
Lot 2 service
99% confidence
General welfare benefit and debt advice
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Lot 2 title and description: "General welfare benefit and debt advice" / "Provision of General welfare benefit and debt advice".
Provider appointment
95% confidence
One provider for two lots
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Opportunity description: "seeking applications for grant funding to appoint one provider for the following two lots".
Eligibility requirements
98% confidence
Unknown from supplied notice data.
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No eligibility criteria, organisational requirements, certifications or insurance requirements are stated in the supplied content.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Funding model
98% confidence
Grant funding
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Opportunity description: "seeking applications for grant funding".
Total maximum value
99% confidence
£1,640,000
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Opportunity field value_max: 1640000 GBP.
Lot 1 value
99% confidence
£970,000
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Lot 1 field value_amount: 970000 GBP.
Lot 2 value
99% confidence
£670,000
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Lot 2 field value_amount: 670000 GBP.
Contract term and payment terms
99% confidence
Unknown from supplied notice data.
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Contract start/end and payment terms are not provided.
Delivery
Delivery area
90% confidence
UKG33; locality unspecified for delivery location.
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Delivery location: region "UKG33", country "United Kingdom"; locality is null.
Buyer location
99% confidence
Coventry, United Kingdom
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Buyer location: "Coventry", region "UKG33", postal code "CV1 5RR".
Service delivery dates
99% confidence
Unknown from supplied notice data.
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contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Notice status
99% confidence
Open
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Process display_status: "open"; source_status: "active".
Procedure
99% confidence
Open procedure
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procurement_method_details: "Open procedure".
Notice type
99% confidence
Tender notice on Find a Tender
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notice_type: "Tender notice on Find a Tender".
Publication date
99% confidence
19 October 2026
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published_at: "2026-10-19T14:03:01+01:00".
Submission deadline
99% confidence
19 November 2026, 12:00 UTC
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Process and both lots state submission_deadline: "2026-11-19T12:00:00+00:00".
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Scope and quality requirements
98% confidence
Unknown from supplied notice data.
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The supplied content identifies high-level lot services only; no service specification, quality standards, volumes, client groups or performance measures are provided.
Eligibility and credential requirements
99% confidence
Unknown from supplied notice data.
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No eligibility criteria, certification, accreditation, insurance or professional-status requirements are supplied.
Award methodology
99% confidence
Unknown from supplied notice data.
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No evaluation criteria or award methodology is included in the supplied content.
Single-provider structure
87% confidence
The wording indicates appointment of one provider across the two lots; whether bidders may apply for individual lots is not stated.
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Description: "appoint one provider for the following two lots". No supplied detail explains lot-bidding rules.
Delivery geography ambiguity
93% confidence
The delivery region is UKG33, but no delivery locality is specified.
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Delivery location has region "UKG33" and null locality.
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