01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 3 March 2026
Description
Southend-on-Sea City Council have awarded to Volunteering Matters to deliver a volunteer mentor service for vulnerable families in the Southend-on-Sea City area. The contract duration is as follows: 1st June 2026 - 31st March 2028 (with option to extend to up to 31st March 2029). Volunteer Mentors for a minimum of 50 vulnerable families across a 12-month period. The number of matched mentors and families may increase dependent on demand and changing needs. The expectation is that volunteer mentors will commit to at least one year of weekly engagement with the Service Provider. They will have at least one contact with a family in any given week of an average engagement, dependent on identified needs and the family's progress.
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Empowering Families
- Awarded
- 23 April 2026
- Award value
- £153,076
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 31 May 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Southend-on-Sea City Council
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend On Sea, Essex, Southend-on-Sea, UKH31, SS2 6FA, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PJDT-6566-GZNXVOLUNTEERING MATTERS
The Levy Centre, London, UKI41, E5 0PD, United Kingdom
Companies House 01435877 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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