Notice Information
Notice Title
Prepaid Card Accounts for Adults and Children receiving Self Directed Support
Notice Description
Currently, there are approximately 400 users of these cards and the initial scope of this contract shall be to continue the provision for the current users. However, there are plans to expand the use of the pre-paid cards to up to 1800 users during the contract to reduce the staff time for managing this type of spend activity for other services and the expansion of the use of pre-paid cards shall contribute to the release of budget savings. Therefore, the contract shall require a unit rate and an instruction to vary the number of cards provide throughout its lifetime. The current usage of pre-paid cards (and the initial requirement under the new contract) is to disperse in the region of 520,000 GBP per month via the pre-paid cards to the 370 service users, with payments being issued on a monthly basis.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Dumfries and Galloway council require a contract for pre-paid card services, which will be issued to members of the public who receive a Direct Payment to purchase support/services identified within their support plan under Self Directed Support. Direct Payments are issued to people under the Social Care (Self-Directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 under Option 1. Option 1 is the most common method to fund SDS payments to individuals and currently pre-paid cards are issued to individuals or their carers for this purpose. Aspects of this service provision to be provided are: -Service set up and Systems - IT compatibility between service provider and Council IT system and ledger -Card Applications - effective application process and specify the proposed timescales from application to card activation. -Fund Loading and Repayment - to detail how they will allocate funds to individual client accounts and how they will facilitate the return of funds to Dumfries and Galloway Council. -Transactions - Flexible credit limits to be managed on an individual service user basis. -Account Management and Transitional arrangements - provide a specific manager to liaise with the Council for the duration of the contract. Key roles for the manager shall be responsible for ongoing account management and the creation of project plans showing transition to the new service within an agreed timescale. -Communication - Effective communication between service provider and diverse client group and Council staff -Reporting - transaction reporting, card activity, number of replacement cards issued, suspended/deactivated cards
Options: The current number of cardholders using prepaid cards is around 400 users. The Council may expand this requirement up to 1800 users prior to the end of this contract.
Renewal: The Council may opt to exercise a 12 month extension period beyond current contract end date of 31/10/2021.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000557982
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV336976
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66151000 - Financial market operational services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £134,990 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Nov 20187 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Oct 2018Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Nov 20187 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2018 - 31 Oct 2021 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- In early 2021 or 2022. This depends on whether the 12 month extension period is exercised.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- craig.bouse@dumgal.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1387260607
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DUMFRIES
- Postcode
- DG1 2HP
- Post Town
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM9 Southern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM92 Dumfries and Galloway
- Delivery Location
- TLM92 Dumfries and Galloway
-
- Local Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Electoral Ward
- Nith
- Westminster Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP331894&idx=1
20th September 2018 - Tender Documents -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP331894
Prepaid Card Accounts for Adults and Children receiving Self Directed Support - Currently, there are approximately 400 users of these cards and the initial scope of this contract shall be to continue the provision for the current users. However, there are plans to expand the use of the pre-paid cards to up to 1800 users during the contract to reduce the staff time for managing this type of spend activity for other services and the expansion of the use of pre-paid cards shall contribute to the release of budget savings. Therefore, the contract shall require a unit rate and an instruction to vary the number of cards provide throughout its lifetime. The current usage of pre-paid cards (and the initial requirement under the new contract) is to disperse in the region of 520,000 GBP per month via the pre-paid cards to the 370 service users, with payments being issued on a monthly basis. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV336976
Prepaid Card Accounts for Adults and Children receiving Self Directed Support - Currently, there are approximately 400 users of these cards and the initial scope of this contract shall be to continue the provision for the current users. However, there are plans to expand the use of the pre-paid cards to up to 1800 users during the contract to reduce the staff time for managing this type of spend activity for other services and the expansion of the use of pre-paid cards shall contribute to the release of budget savings. Therefore, the contract shall require a unit rate and an instruction to vary the number of cards provide throughout its lifetime. The current usage of pre-paid cards (and the initial requirement under the new contract) is to disperse in the region of 520,000 GBP per month via the pre-paid cards to the 370 service users, with payments being issued on a monthly basis.
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