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# Direct Payment Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04cffa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Croydon: "Direct Payment Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Croydon](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-croydon-ons-e09000008)
- **Published Value:** £2,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI62
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,289,900 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04cffa#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04cffa`

## 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-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04cffa#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fcroydontenders%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04cffa#participate

## Description
The London Borough of Croydon (‘the Council") is awarding a contract for the provision of a Direct Payment service. The full scope of the contract requirements are provided in the Service Specification, which formed part of the Tender Documents. The Contracts is for a period of 10 years (the "Term").This procurement was carried out in line with the open procurement process detailed within the PCR 2015.The required Services were procured  via a competitive tendering process run electronically via the Croydon Tenders Portal.  (in-tendhost.co.uk).

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

- **Estimated Value:** £2,500,000
- **Description:** The London Borough of Croydon is awarding a contract for the  provision of a Direct Payment service. This procurement was carried out in line with the open procurement process detailed within the PCR 2015.
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2025 to 30/09/2035

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Direct Payment Single Service (active)
  - Award id: `035012-2025-LBC/TN/401-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Kingston Centre for Independent    Living Ltd **
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-152451`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Direct Payment Single Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,289,900
  - Signed Date: 01/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035012-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-25T10:48:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T02:57:50.006Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04cffa