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# CWC23124 Direct Payments Personal Budgets Employer Support Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cwc23124-direct-payments-personal-budgets-employer-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-048a95). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Wolverhampton City Council: "CWC23124 Direct Payments Personal Budgets Employer Support Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £910,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Wolverhampton City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wolverhampton-city-council-ons-e08000031)
- **Published Value:** £910,000 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 September 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial and insurance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG36, UKG37, UKG39
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £870,776 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048a95`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cwc23124-direct-payments-personal-budgets-employer-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-048a95#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FHome%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cwc23124-direct-payments-personal-budgets-employer-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-048a95#participate

## Description
The Care Act (2014) places a duty on all local authorities to ensure that every adult
assessed as being eligible for funded care and support can access a Personal Budget
(PB), which is sufficient to meet their assessed needs. Direct Payments (DP) are the
established route by which an individual can receive their allocated budget if they prefer
to arrange their own support rather than receive a commissioned service.
The DP Support Service enables access to information, advice, and signposting. The
Bookkeeping and Payroll Service is only for those individuals who have either been
assessed under Section 2 of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000, Care Act 2014
or Children and Families Act 2014 and who are ordinarily a resident within the City of
Wolverhampton. This will include older and disabled people over the age of 16, people
with parental responsibility for a disabled child and carers aged 16 and over or an appointed suitable person. The contract will be for five years from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030 with an option to extend for two periods of one year at the sole discretion of the council.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £910,000
- **Description:** The Care Act (2014) places a duty on all local authorities to ensure that every adult assessed as being eligible for funded care and support can access a Personal Budget (PB), which is sufficient to meet their assessed needs. Direct Payments (DP) are...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 014231-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Barrie Bookkeeping & Payroll Solutions Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-143531`
  - Value: £870,776 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 014231-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £870,776
  - Signed Date: 02/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014231-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-10T10:29:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T08:54:31.821Z
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