Planning

22119 Cambridgeshire County Council - Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

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Planning

25 Apr 2023 at 13:07

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking providers for the Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS) through a planning stage procurement process. The engagement end date is set for 10th May 2023, inviting potential providers to participate in the soft market test questionnaire. This opportunity falls under the Health and social work services industry category and is located in England, United Kingdom.

This tender from Cambridgeshire County Council presents a chance for businesses to offer services that support people in leading independent lives through direct payments. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would be well-suited to compete in this opportunity, which aims to provide choice and control to service users in arranging personal budgets and support services effectively.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

22119 Cambridgeshire County Council - Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS)

Notice Description

Cambridgeshire County Council invites potential providers of Direct Payment Support Services to complete this soft market test questionnaire. A Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS) provides information and advice to people who receive a personal budget through the form of a Direct Payment from the Council. A Direct Payment enables people with eligible care needs to have greater choice and control over the care they receive. The activities covered under the current contractual arrangements include drop-ins for social work practitioners and other partner professionals, information sessions for professionals as well as responding to referrals to support service users. The DPSS will support service users to set-up their direct payments, recruit personal assistants and support with payroll through provision of information or undertaking their payroll for an additional fee. Direct Payments support people to lead more independent lives and exercise choice and control over the services they receive. This promotes support that is flexible and tailor-made, giving people greater choice over the mix of support they receive. These principles promote independent living and direct payments should be available to all eligible people. Additional information: The Authority is issuing this request for information only. Any provider invited to present to the Authority is doing so to support market research only and to help make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied. Confidentiality and Freedom of Information (FOI) Please note: all information included in this Soft Market Testing is confidential and only for the recipients' knowledge. No information included in this document or in discussions connected to it may be disclosed to any other party without prior written authorisation. All responses will be treated confidentially. However, please be aware that we are subject to the disclosure requirements of the FOI Act and that potentially any information we hold is liable to disclosure under that Act. For this reason, we strongly advise that any information you consider to be confidential is labelled as such. In the event that a request is subsequently made for disclosure under FOI the request will be dealt with in accordance with the legislation. The Authority is utlising the ProContract e-tendering portal which is located at https://procontract@due-north.com/Login Potential providers who experience technical difficulties when using ProContract should contact the support desk Mon-Fri, 9:00 to 17:30:

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-59399902-3f63-43dd-9b3f-42189b252b8b
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/38f14c4d-3b97-4b78-9fae-8a80859e98cc
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Apr 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
10 May 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HUNTINGDON
Postcode
PE28 4YE
Post Town
Peterborough
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Huntingdonshire
Electoral Ward
The Stukeleys
Westminster Constituency
Huntingdon

Further Information

Notice Documents

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