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# Direct Payment Support Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02c01a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cumbria County Council: "Direct Payment Support Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Cumbria County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cumbria-county-council-GB-FTS-12)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £495,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c01a`

## 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-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02c01a#tl-md)

## Description
The Council has a statutory duty under the Children’s Act 1989, Section 17, to offer the option of Direct Payments to parents or carers with parental responsibility for Children with Disabilities. The Carers and Disabled Children’s Act 2000 extended eligibility to include 16 and 17 year olds and those with parental responsibility for disabled children. This is detailed in Section 17 in the Children’s Act 1989.
Direct Payments are made to parents/carers whose children with disabilities have been assessed by the Council as needing care and support services.
Instead of directly providing services, the Council can now give payment (Direct Payments also known as personal budget) directly to parents/carers of children with disabilities to make their own care arrangements.
This payment allows parents/carers to choose and organise care services that are appropriate and meet their needs. Some families will use the money to buy care from an agency or directly employ their own staff or members of their extended family to provide the care.
The Council promotes improved health, independence and inclusion through the provision of care and support services which enable children with disabilities and their families to achieve as full and independent a life as possible.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Direct Payment Support Services (active)
  - Award id: `014503-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Disability Association Carlisle & Eden**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-20599`
  - Value: £495,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Direct Payment Support Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £495,000
  - Signed Date: 03/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014503-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-25T10:09:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T08:33:08.009Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c01a