--- title: "WSCC- Market Engagement and Soft Market Testing - Direct Payment Support Service" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-56eb6897-7b17-4166-9a12-df8f1a7c771c" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-56eb6897-7b17-4166-9a12-df8f1a7c771c" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-56eb6897-7b17-4166-9a12-df8f1a7c771c.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-56eb6897-7b17-4166-9a12-df8f1a7c771c.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2024-07-15" --- # WSCC- Market Engagement and Soft Market Testing - Direct Payment Support Service Buyer: WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-56eb6897-7b17-4166-9a12-df8f1a7c771c [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-56eb6897-7b17-4166-9a12-df8f1a7c771c) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-56eb6897-7b17-4166-9a12-df8f1a7c771c.json) ## Summary The West Sussex County Council is planning a tender for a Direct Payment Support Service. The service aims to provide customers with choice and control over their support services through cash allocations. The current contract expires in February 2026. The Council is engaging with the market to understand interest and gather feedback for service specification and delivery. An online workshop event is scheduled for 5th September 2024. This tender presents an opportunity for service providers in the health and social work services sector, particularly those experienced in payroll management. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with an interest in providing Direct Payment Support Services in the South East region of the UK may find this tender suitable. Businesses looking to contribute to the design of future service delivery models and engage with the West Sussex County Council should consider participating in the upcoming workshop event. ## Notice The West Sussex County Council (WSCC) are committed to giving customers choice and control over their support services and wishes to use Direct Payments, where the customer receives a cash allocation to spend in an agreed way which will meet their assessed care needs. Direct Payment Support Services are a statutory requirement to ensure that people can receive the appropriate advice and support to make the best use of their money. It also supports the County Council to ensure that Direct Payments are used lawfully and effectively. The current contract expires on 13 February 2026. The WSCC are looking to engage with the market to help to understand the interest to bid for the services as well as to capture the responses to Market Engagement Questionnaire which would further inform our specification and delivery model for these services. Please access the Direct Payment Support Service Provider Market Survey on Your Voice here: https://yourvoice.westsussex.gov.uk/market-provider-survey-dpss West Sussex County Council would like to invite Suppliers to join us at an provider engagement event prior to the start of the procurement process for a Direct Payments Support Service. This event is targeted at experienced Service Providers with an interest in providing Direct Payment Support Services in West Sussex. We are committed to enabling people to participate in the surveys as part of our engagement activities, if you have any queries please direct them to please direct them to LLScommissioning@westsussex.gov.uk We would like to invite you to attend an online workshop event on 5 September 2024 via Microsoft teams. This event will give potential service providers the opportunity to contribute to the designing of the future service delivery model. If you would like to attend please email LLScommissioning@westsussex.gov.uk with 'DPSS Market Workshop' in the subject line, and in the email tell us your name, your organisation and your email address and we will send you an invitation to the event. We would encourage an early registration for the event so we get an overview of the numbers and prepare accordingly. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7a60ae9b-7e13-4d1c-ac21-331d6c53e713 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 15 Jul 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Aug 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CHICHESTER | | Post town | Portsmouth | | Postcode | PO19 1RG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex | | ITL 3 | TLJ27 West Sussex (South West) | | Local authority | Chichester | | Electoral ward | Chichester Central | | Westminster constituency | Chichester | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 79211110 - Payroll management services - 79631000 - Personnel and payroll services - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 15 Jul 2024 at 16:07 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7a60ae9b-7e13-4d1c-ac21-331d6c53e713 - 8 Jul 2024 at 16:13 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb72203c-442d-47e1-b9ea-256b3a7f77cc ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7a60ae9b-7e13-4d1c-ac21-331d6c53e713 15th July 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb72203c-442d-47e1-b9ea-256b3a7f77cc 8th July 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://yourvoice.westsussex.gov.uk/market-provider-survey-dpss ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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