Official UK procurement notice
All Age Direct Payment Support Service
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council is awarding a contract for an Outcome Based All-Age Direct Payment Support Service, supporting adults and children with their self-directed support offer through the delivery of direct payments. The aim is to develop a self-directed support community, one that is developed, led and managed by local people for local people.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 conditions of participation followed by evaluation and successful suppliers invited to Stage 2 of the tender
CPV: Health and social work services · Provision of services to the community · Social work services · Welfare services for the elderly
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£660,000
- Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must respond to technical questions and meet the threshold stipulated in order to proceed to the next stage. Financial criteria must also be met.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
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)
- Price
- Quality
- Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must respond to technical questions and meet the threshold stipulated in order to proceed to the next stage. Financial criteria must also be met.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2026, 12:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
DN811274- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027925- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065972Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 conditions of participation followed by evaluation and successful suppliers invited to Stage 2 of the tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the tender documents the Authority is providing the documents in the attachment area of the ProContract Etendering portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
In order to access amendable versions of the documents and to submit a response, suppliers will need to register as a supplier with ProContract at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ then Register an Interest before obtaining access and download the Word and Excel format documents for completion and submission
Timeline
20 Feb 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published242 days ago20 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMT
- Market engagement231 days ago2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Engagement Process Description
To participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the Preliminary Market Engagement documents.
Responses to the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire are required to be submitted no later than 12.00pm (midday) Monday 2nd March 2026 via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
- Tender notice published208 days ago26 Mar 2026, 13:17 GMT
- Clarification questions by193 days ago10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline182 days ago21 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by136 days ago5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent133 days ago9 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published97 days ago15 Jul 2026, 12:02 BST
- Contract starts49 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published26 Mar 2026, 13:17 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £660,00026 Mar 2026, 13:17 GMTwas £300,000
- Status changed to active26 Mar 2026, 13:17 GMT
- Procurement method changed26 Mar 2026, 13:17 GMT
- Deadline published: 21 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST26 Mar 2026, 13:17 GMT
- Contract award notice published9 Jun 2026, 09:47 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Jun 2026, 09:47 BST
- Contract award notice published9 Jun 2026, 15:21 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Jul 2026, 12:02 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 26 Mar 2026
- 2026-02: 1 release · 20 Feb 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEOPLE PLACES LIVES LIMITEDSME1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2033Extensions: initial contract term of 3 years then option to extend for a further 2 x 2 year periods · Amended: Award Date and Assessment Summaries date has been changed to 9/06/2026 | £1,400,000 | 9 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
All Age Direct Payment Support · PEOPLE PLACES LIVES LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 29 Jun 2026
- Value
- £1,400,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2033 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 extension of 2 years each are available.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders · 11 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- People Places Lives LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender