Official UK procurement notice
25066 Cambridgeshire County Council Individual Service Funds
Authority: Cambridgeshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCambridgeshire County Council is inviting applications to join our DPS for Individual Service Funds Framework. Cambridgeshire County Council will be able to call-off the DPS.
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 a person's personal budget, agreed by a Social Worker, can be held by a third party organisation (i.e. neither by the County Council nor the person) who is a trusted organisation accredited by the County Council to help the person find the care and support they need in the local community, be it access to Homecare, 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 people 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. Some people who receive a Direct Payment may prefer the support of a local approved ISF Broker who can assist the person with support to plan their activities and care but would not themselves hold the budget responsibility this is why the ISF service requirements include separate clauses relating to:
-providers delivering care and brokerage support (Lot 1 of the ISF Dynamic Purchasing System), and
-providers brokering care and support delivered by other providers (Lot 2 of the ISF Dynamic Purchasing System).
This is a re-advertising of 21129 CCC & PCC Individual Service Funds (The original notice cannot be updated due to a technical error). Original FATS notice 2022/S 000-009448 (cannot be linked due to a technical error)
CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1ISF Providers delivering care themselvesRenewalPublished value£12,000,000
Lot #2ISF Providers exclusively brokering care and support delivered by other providersRenewalPublished value£6,000,000
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 100
- Price: 0
- “25066 Cambridgeshire County Council Individual Service Funds” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Cambridgeshire County Council buys Social work and related services (CPV 8530), and who usually turns up
Cambridgeshire County Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Social work and related services (CPV 8530) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside East of England.
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Half of these awards were announced within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid9% / 2%
2–39% / 26%
4–60% / 26%
7+82% / 46%
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Lot #1ISF Providers delivering care themselvesCPV 85300000Published estimate£12m
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1 bid1%
2–39%
4–610%
7+81%
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
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| Purple Zest LimitedWorked for this buyer | 22119 Direct Payment Support Servicesnotice published Jul 2025 | — | — | 83% match |
| Making SpaceWorked for this buyer | 24091 Cambridgeshire County Council Community Navigatorsruns to Sept 2027 | — | £1.1m | 81% match |
| Nessie in ED CICWorked for this buyer | 25061 Support for Families: Wellbeing in Educationnotice published Aug 2025 | — | — | 81% match |
| The Ferry ProjectWorked for this buyer | 21052 Cambridgeshire County Council Adults Housing Related Support Servicenotice published Feb 2022 | — | — | 80% match |
| The Riverside Group LimitedWorked for this buyer | 21052 Cambridgeshire County Council Adults Housing Related Support Servicenotice published Feb 2022 | — | — | 80% match |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £35m22 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 13 live · £60m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=15 | |
| £83m21 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 4 live · £65m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
Making SpaceLarge | £17m22 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £183m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 |
POhWERLarge | £14m10 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 5 live · £6.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=10 |
| £36m16 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=10 |
Lot #2ISF Providers exclusively brokering care and support delivered by other providersCPV 85300000Published estimate£6.0m
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1 bid1%
2–312%
4–611%
7+77%
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
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| Purple Zest LimitedWorked for this buyer | 22119 Direct Payment Support Servicesnotice published Jul 2025 | — | — | 83% match |
| Nessie in ED CICWorked for this buyer | 25061 Support for Families: Wellbeing in Educationnotice published Aug 2025 | — | — | 80% match |
| Making SpaceWorked for this buyer | 24091 Cambridgeshire County Council Community Navigatorsruns to Sept 2027 | — | £1.1m | 80% match |
| People Potential PossibilitiesWorked for this buyer | 21105 Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) - Older Peoples’ Visiting Support Servicenotice published Aug 2022 | East Cambridgeshire | — | 80% match |
| The Riverside Group LimitedWorked for this buyer | 21052 Cambridgeshire County Council Adults Housing Related Support Servicenotice published Feb 2022 | — | — | 80% match |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £35m22 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 13 live · £60m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=15 | |
| £83m21 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 4 live · £65m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
Making SpaceLarge | £17m22 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £183m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 |
POhWERLarge | £14m10 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 5 live · £6.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=10 |
Purple Zest LimitedLarge | £1.1m3 awards in 36m · last 20 months ago | 1 live · £715k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=3 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use the vehicle
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 2 Mar 2026, 11:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Mar 2026, 11:40 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Aug 2027 – …
- Authority reference
25066- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018361- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065f61Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://procontract.due-north.com/Supplier/Advert/View?advertId=a1378a0e-3a0b-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=False&fromRfxSummary=False&selectWorkgroup=False&fromAdvertEvent=False&fromActivityDashboard=False ↗
- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 31 Jul 2027, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 1 Aug 2027, 12:00 BST
Timeline
2 Mar 2026 → 1 Aug 2027 · 3 dates- Notice published232 days ago2 Mar 2026, 11:40 GMT
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 284 days · period end, not a bid countdown31 Jul 2027, 12:00 BST
- Bids openedin 285 days1 Aug 2027, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.