# Wirral Information and Advice Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Wirral Borough Council](/buyers/wirral-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Wirral CAB
- Award value: £6,999,925
- Tender value: £7,000,000
- Award date: 22 December 2023
- Published: 18 April 2024
- Contract start: 1 April 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 49273abd-adef-40dd-b232-4444850fec34-742036
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6ace8839-f65a-441c-baaa-319124b30d9b

## Description

The information and advice service will support local people to access the right information or advice relating to their well being, care and support needs\. \\r \\r Good information \(which is current, relevant and accurate\) is essential for all adults and their relatives who need or may need support in order to know their rights and to live independently\. Good information should help people with support needs and carers make informed choices, enable them to take control and help service users and carers to maintain their abilities, skills and independence well into the future\.\\r \\r The service will co-ordinate and deliver a wide range of information and advice to support local people to be as independent as possible, including supporting residents to:\\r \\r • Manage their finances and experience less poverty, homelessness and hardship\.\\r • Make informed personal choices about how to help themselves or how to access support\.\\r • Prevent them from needing more intensive support \\r • Increase confidence in the use of digital technology \(to support access to advice and information\)\\r \\r

## Related contract awards

- [Telephony Modernisation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ebaa0849-97d3-40bb-a53d-ffcd2ecce9d1): Wirral Borough Council
- [Cloud Migration Partner](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3a8eef34-0e22-4629-b5b0-05967aeb6571): Wirral Borough Council
- [Merseyside Pension Fund Administration System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d6cb1965-6c98-41e3-8612-76c58740d156): Wirral Borough Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/49273abd-adef-40dd-b232-4444850fec34-742036)