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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-038398"
title: "Direct Payment Employment Support Service"
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# Direct Payment Employment Support Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-employment-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038398). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sunderland City Council: "Direct Payment Employment Support Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £526,500. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.nepo.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sunderland City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sunderland-city-council-ons-e08000024)
- **Published Value:** £526,500 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 December 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Payroll management services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £526,475 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038398`

## 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-employment-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038398#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [nepo.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nepo.org%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-employment-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038398#participate

## Description
Direct Payment Employment Support Services

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79211110, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** Direct Payment Employment Support Service

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Direct Payment Employment Support Service (active)
  - Award id: `005357-2023-01-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Penderels trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-16102`
  - Value: £526,475 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Direct Payment Employment Support Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £526,475
  - Signed Date: 21/02/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005357-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-02-22T16:42:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T03:23:32.684Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038398