Advice Services - Welfare Rights & Debt Recovery

1.1. The Council is seeking a single provider of free debt counselling and welfare rights advice with a particular focus on prevention and intervention to people resident in the Argyll and Bute Council area who are vulnerable at the point of access. 1.2. This service will form part of a range of advice services, which will comprise services delivered by free national/local advice resources; the Council/its Partners; other third party agencies and the Provider of the services detailed in this contract. 1.3. This service will be provided in line with the Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers (SNSIAP) and the provider will be accredited by the relevant schemes as administered and introduced by the Scottish Legal Aid Board or equivalent standards. TUPE may apply to this contract. Relevant employee information is not available at the date of publication and has been requested from the incumbent provider. Any information subsequently received will be made available to all tenderers and added to this notice. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=846199. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:846199) Download the copy of the online SPD document here (to be completed online through postbox submission): https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=846199