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title: "21129 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Individual Service Funds"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-032b83"
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# 21129 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Individual Service Funds

Buyer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-032b83

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009448-2022 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Apr 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Jul 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | £21,600,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | HUNTINGDON |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode | PE28 4YE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH41 Peterborough |
| Local authority | Peterborough |
| Electoral ward | Fletton and Stanground |
| Westminster constituency | North West Cambridgeshire |
| Delivery location | TLH East (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services

## Release History

- 8 Apr 2022 at 08:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009448-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=2085b69a-219e-ec11-8112-005056b64545
- https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
- https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/

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