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# Direct Payment Support Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02fa5f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sheffield City Council: "Direct Payment Support Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £510,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Dec 2021, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sheffield City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sheffield-city-council-ons-e08000039)
- **Published Value:** £510,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 December 2021 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKE32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £339,800 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02fa5f`

## 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-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02fa5f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D40261%26B%3DUK)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02fa5f#participate

## Description
The proposal is to provide external commission of a Direct Payment Support Service for people to receive accurate and specialist advice on managing Direct Payments and employment responsibilities.
The procurement will be a 2-year provision (with option to extend) while further exploration of long-term Direct Payment support solutions is considered. During this interim period a full options appraisal will be undertaken to explore the longer-term solution for Direct Payment support. The options appraisal will be co-produced and explore options such as creating an in-house support option, continuing with a procured service, building a community-based user-led consortium, and creating a free-market of several providers.

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

- **Estimated Value:** £510,000
- **Description:** The proposal is to provide external commission of a Direct Payment Support Service for people to receive accurate and specialist advice on managing Direct Payments and employment responsibilities.
The procurement will be a 2-year provision (with opti...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Direct Payment Support Service (active)
  - Award id: `008401-2023-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Penderels Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-16102`
  - Value: £339,800 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Direct Payment Support Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £339,800
  - Signed Date: 27/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008401-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-22T17:09:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:56:57.316Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02fa5f