Tender

21129 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Individual Service Funds

CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

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Tender

08 Apr 2022 at 08:45

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process titled "21129 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Individual Service Funds" is being conducted by the Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council. This tender focuses on health and social work services, with an estimated contract value of £21,600,000. The buying organisations aim to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Individual Service Funds (ISFs) to facilitate self-directed support for individuals requiring care. The procurement is currently in the active phase, with submissions accepted electronically until the tender period concludes on 31 July 2025. The DPS will operate for an initial three-year period, extendable for up to two additional years.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in providing health and social care services, particularly those specialising in care delivery or support brokering. Enterprises that can successfully demonstrate their capability to meet the service requirements and achieve a score of 60% or more in evaluations will be eligible for inclusion in the DPS. This opens avenues for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as local providers looking to expand their service offerings in the care sector, fostering growth and enhancing community care solutions.

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Notice Title

21129 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Individual Service Funds

Notice Description

Individual Service Funds (ISFs) were formally introduced in the Care Act (2014), as an option for commissioning self-directed support. They are a mechanism by which an individual's Personal Budget, agreed by a Social Worker, is held by a third party organisation (i.e. neither by the Local Authority nor the Service User) who is trusted by the client to help them find the care and support they need in the local community, be it access to Day Services, a Personal Assistant (PA), equipment needs, live-in care, social prescribing or signposting to other services and voluntary organisations that will help them achieve their agreed outcomes, or indeed a combination of all of the above. It is a form of Self-Directed Support. ISFs are particularly appropriate when service users do not feel confident enough or have the capacity to manage the financial and employer responsibilities of a Direct Payment on their own but still prefer to exercise personal choice and control over how their agreed care and support needs are met.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The DPS is for an initial period of 3 years, with an optional extension of a further 2 years, making 5 years in total. Potential providers are asked to identify whether they are: 1. ISF Providers delivering care themselves 2. ISF Providers exclusively brokering care and support delivered by other providers The estimated value stated includes VAT as per the recent government guidance. The estimated maximum value of the DPS excluding VAT is PS18,000,000. It is expected that the first round of the DPS will close on 06/05/2022.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-032b83
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009448-2022
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

85300000 - Social work and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
£21,600,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Apr 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
31 Jul 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Additional Buyers

PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL

Contact Name
Miss Meera Maisuria
Contact Email
procurement2@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

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)
TLH41 Peterborough
Delivery Location
TLH East (England)

Local Authority
Peterborough
Electoral Ward
Fletton and Stanground
Westminster Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire

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