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Direct Payment Support Service

services
Below threshold - open competition
Guidance and counselling services
North West (UKD62)
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Official notice
Published value
£421,200
Submission deadline 21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Cheshire East Council: "Direct Payment Support Service". Published status: active. Published value: £421,200. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk..
Contracting AuthorityCheshire East CouncilScope & CategoriesSERVICES (1 lot)Submission Window
14d 10h left
21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission Gateway
www.the-chest.org.uk.
Legal Basis & Regime2023/54 · Below threshold - open competitionEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£421,200
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Cheshire East Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Cheshire East Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5Bids / Report
10% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
IPL PLASTICS (UK) LIMITEDTop vendor: 10.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 104 active published awards; 20 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
IPL PLASTICS (UK) LIMITED1 win£450,000
EVERYBODY HEALTH & LEISURE1 win£432,755
ADV4NCE GROUP LIMITED1 win£373,980
ENDORPHINS GROUP LTD1 win£270,000
ACTIVE SPORTS GROUP INT LIMITED1 win£196,560
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityCheshire East Council
Procedure methodBelow threshold - open competition
Procurement categoryservices
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNo
Legal basisUKPGA · 2023/54
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadline14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submissionallowed
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
Last source update24 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationGuidance and counselling services
Delivery area
North West (UKD62)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a070
How to participate
Open submission portal
Submission methodNot published
Electronic submissionallowed
Clarification deadline14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission languagesNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
E-Sourcing Portal
Open portal
Submission instructions
The submission address is chest.org.uk https://www.the-chest.org.uk. This procurement exercise will be conducted on Cheshire East Borough Council's electronic Contract and Tender Management System at the www.the-chest.org.uk. Organisations wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional required information through the Contract and Tender Management System. If you have any technical problems with The Contract and Tender Management System please contact the help-desk on: Email: ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com or telephone 0330 005 0352. In order to participate, providers must register, complete and upload completed documentation and submit this via the Chest at the link provided in this notice. The project reference on The Chest is DN826946. To access this competition and the procurement specific questionnaire, please visit www.thechest.org, project ID DN826946. The values given in this notice are only estimations and take into account the extension option - the Council gives no guarantee or warranty or makes any representation as to the accuracy of any indicative volumes. The Council reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this contract notice.
What is being bought
Cheshire East Council is inviting tenders for the provision of a Direct Payment Support Service within the borough of Cheshire East. The Direct Payment Support Service will provide impartial, independent information, advice, guidance and brokerage support to residents of Cheshire East in relation to Direct Payments. This includes supporting individuals to access, establish and manage Direct Payments, understand the associated financial, legal and employment responsibilities, and access Personal Assistant recruitment support through a dedicated Personal Assistant Register. The Service aims to promote independence, choice and control by enabling residents to make informed decisions about their care and support arrangements, whilst supporting the Council's ambition to increase Direct Payment uptake and develop the local Personal Assistant market
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to active
    24 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    24 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
  3. Submission deadline changed to 21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
    24 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
  4. Published value updated to £421,200
    22 May 2026, 10:26 BST
  5. Status changed to planning
    22 May 2026, 10:26 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    22 May 2026, 10:26 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    22 May 2026, 10:26 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£421,200
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewal1 x 12 months optional extension available Optional extension to be implemented at the sole discretion of the council
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    22 May 2026, 10:26 BST
  2. Procedure published
    24 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
  3. engagement
    8 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Full details of the market engagement can be found by visiting The Chest at https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ The relevant project reference is DN815999. We kindly invite interested participants to download and complete the questionnaire, then submit it to the email address stated within the questionnaire document.
  4. Submission deadline
    21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Cheshire East Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PTWR-7124-XZXQ
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Documents (4)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published