Official UK procurement notice
Direct Payment Support Service · Peterborough Council for Voluntary Services for Peterborough City Council (Dec 2025)
Authority: Peterborough City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS) will ensure that individuals who choose to receive their care via a Direct Payment are enabled, empowered and supported to manage them safely, legally and in line with statutory requirements.The service will provide high-quality, person-centred support that promotes independence, choice, and control.
The service will provide information, advice and guidance to the Direct Payment Recipient on being an employer, be responsible for managing the Personal Assistant (PA) Register, and offer financial services including managed accounts and a fully auditable payroll.
The DPSS will operate as part of the wider Children and Adult's Social Care offer in Peterborough, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and a seamless experience for individuals, families, and professionals.
The Authority is conducting the procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023 for the purpose of procuring the services.
The Authority reserves the right to deviate from the formalities of the open procedure given the flexibilities permitted by Regulation 9 of the Procurement Act 2023 in the conduct of procurements for "wholly or mainly for the supply of services of a kind specified in regulations under subsection (2)", otherwise referred to as "Light Touch Regime" procurement.
The Authority proposes to enter into one Contract for a maximum period of 6 years, being an initial term of 3 years and extensions of up to 3 years (1 x 24 month extension and 1 x 12 month extension), with the successful Bidder.
The anticipated service commencement date is 1st October 2026 which may be subject to change dependent on the Authority's governance and requirements.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 26 Feb 2032, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,680,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Cost
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 26 Feb 2032
- First published
- 5 Dec 2025, 09:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jul 2026, 13:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
DN786002- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017733- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ef53Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
5 Dec 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published319 days ago5 Dec 2025, 09:44 GMT
- Market engagement304 days ago19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
THIS IS NOT A CALL TO COMPETITION.
This is a Preliminary Market Engagement event in relation to the Direct Payment Support Service. This preliminary market engagement event does not form any part of any invitation to tender. Peterborough City Council is issuing this request for information only. Any supplier invited to present to the Authority is doing so to support market research only and to help make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied.
Peterborough City Council's Direct Payment Support Service provides essential information and advice to people who receive a direct payment from the Council and/or their representatives, parents or carers. The service helps people to find, recruit and pay for the types of care and support they wish to receive. This enables people with care needs to have greater choice and control over the care they receive. The service under the proposed contract has been mainly used by adults but is also available for children/young people with a direct payment.
For a monthly fee, direct payment recipients can also arrange to have their direct payment paid into a third party supported account managed by the provider. The provider carries out financial transactions on their instructions, pays wages directly into their care or support workers' bank accounts and provides them with a monthly statement of their account.
The current offer is due to end at the end of September 2026, so the Council is reviewing the contract to make plans for the future.
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- Next notice expected235 days ago26 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published235 days ago27 Feb 2026, 10:15 GMT
- Clarification questions by213 days ago20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline207 days ago27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by131 days ago10 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent82 days ago30 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published82 days ago30 Jul 2026, 13:21 BST
- Standstill ends69 days ago11 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts19 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Dec 2025, 09:44 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published27 Feb 2026, 10:15 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,680,00027 Feb 2026, 10:15 GMTwas £846,000
- Status changed to active27 Feb 2026, 10:15 GMT
- Procurement method changed27 Feb 2026, 10:15 GMT
- Deadline published: 27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT27 Feb 2026, 10:15 GMT
- Contract award notice published30 Jul 2026, 13:21 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete30 Jul 2026, 13:21 BST
- Contract signature expected14 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterborough Council for Voluntary ServicesVCSE1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2032Extensions: 1 x 24 month extension (2 years) 1 x 12 month extension (1 year) | £1,800,000 | 21 Jul 2026standstill to 11 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 14 at stage one | 4 | 2 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICEAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender