Notice Information
Notice Title
22119 Direct Payment Support Services
Notice Description
A new contract to be procured for a Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS) to deliver support services to users who receive direct payments as part of their personal budget arrangement. Clients will receive their own fund to hire a personal assistant, legal/HR advise, sourcing and recruitment support, marketing and find more Personal Assistants in the market. This service will be used to aid people of all ages (adults, young people, and children).
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Council's detailed requirements are defined in the Specification. We are looking to commission a high-quality Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS) that enables the outcome of improved independence, health, and wellbeing of people with eligible needs funding their own support. Priority activities for the service are to: 1. Provide high quality information and advice on Direct Payments, purchasing care and support directly, and on the support services opportunities available locally. This includes CMEs and other voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations. 2. To provide support to the service users directly employing PAs on the matter of HR and Tax in compliance with the HR and Tax legislation current at the time. 3. Offer personalised support to people to manage their Direct Payments in ways that they can understand. 4. Provide independent support to people who are purchasing support through Direct Payments and people who fund their own support (self-funders) 5. Assist Direct Payments recipients to directly employ support staff and to understand employment legislation and manage their duties as employers. 6. Provide a high quality and efficient payroll service to Cambridgeshire service users who wish to use this service. 7. Provide a managed bank account service for Direct Payment recipients who choose not to receive and manage their Direct Payment themselves. 8. Support the development, implementation, and ongoing management of a Personal Assistant Platform for the job matching of PAs and service-users. We expect this platform will hold the CMEs/ISFs provider information to support with sign posting and matching individuals to these services and help the recruitment of PAs. 9. Support service uses to process DBS checks on behalf of the personal assistant, the cost of such DBS check is to be paid by the employee. 10. Collaborate with council staff to develop personal assistant hourly guideline rates. 11. Collaborate with commissioners (both public sector, self-funders, and Direct Payments recipients) and other partners to develop and effectively facilitate the Personal Assistant and wider self-directed support market.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04934e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041134-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
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
- £770,360 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £397,977 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Jul 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Oct 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 11 Feb 202510 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Miss Meera Maisuria
- Contact Email
- procurementandcommercial@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7700000000
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
- TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Electoral Ward
- The Stukeleys
- Westminster Constituency
- Huntingdon
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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