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# Direct Payment and Individual Service Funds Support Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-and-individual-service-funds-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03370b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Dorset Council: "Direct Payment and Individual Service Funds Support Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £7,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Jun 2022. Published submission portal: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Dorset Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dorset-council-ons-e06000059)
- **Published Value:** £7,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 June 2022 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK25
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £651,420 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03370b`

## 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/direct-payment-and-individual-service-funds-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03370b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-and-individual-service-funds-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03370b#participate

## Description
The Council’s ambition is to increase the number of Direct Payments that individuals or their representatives opt to take, to direct their own care and support.   We want individuals to be able to make informed choices, and the Council are committed to providing easily accessible, information, advice, and guidance in as wide a variety of formats as possible to ensure we provide the best opportunity for Individuals to consider taking a Direct Payment.
The Council wants to work with a Provider who will:
•	make initial contact with the Individual within 2 working days of receiving the referral to arrange a mutually convenient time.
•	have commenced support within 5 working days of initial contact.
The Provider needs to be able to deliver all three interrelated elements of the Direct Payment Support service:
(A)  Advice Guidance and Support for Direct Payments
(B)  Holding Account for Direct Payment recipients
(C)  Payroll, HMRC and Pension services for Direct Payment recipients

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £7,000,000
- **Description:** The Council’s ambition is to increase the number of Direct Payments that individuals or their representatives opt to take, to direct their own care and support.   We want individuals to be able to make informed choices, and the Council are committed ...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 021669-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Compass Disability Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-60816`
  - Value: £651,420 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 021669-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £651,420
  - Signed Date: 07/08/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021669-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-08T09:28:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T07:34:09.507Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03370b