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# Direct Payment Support Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-036b3f). 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. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cumbria County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cumbria-county-council-GB-FTS-12)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 October 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £480,000 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-036b3f`

## 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-036b3f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-036b3f#participate

## Description
Section 17A of the Children’s Act 1989, inserted by the Health and Social Care Act 2001, gave councils a duty to offer Direct Payments for children’s services. In making Direct Payments under section 17A of the 1989 Act, councils are subject to the general duty provided by Part 3 of that Act to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need, and to promote their upbringing by their families when making these payments, in exactly the same way as when providing direct services. The power to make Direct Payments to people with parental responsibility for disabled children and to disabled 16 and 17-year-olds was created by the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000.
If the Local Authority assesses a child or young person requires support to meet identified needs, these needs will be identified on a plan along with an identification of the services that can meet these needs.
If families do not want to use services directly provided or commissioned by the Authority, they have the option of receiving the support by Direct Payments instead.
A Direct Payment affords a family the flexibility to look beyond ‘off-the-peg’ service solutions provided by the Authority and choose from a range of alternative employment, education and leisure activities to meet their child’s assessed needs. In many cases, the Direct Payment is used to employ a personal assistant to enable a child to access these activities.
Cumbria is currently undergoing a local government reorganisation and Government has announced that Cumbria County Council is to be replaced by two unitary authorities with effect form 01 April 2023. Cumbria County Council shall be entitled to novate/transfer the Contract(s) to any successor council as defined in The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Transfer of Functions, Property, Rights and Liabilities) Regulations 2008.
The contract has been separated into two specific Lots which cover the geographical footprints of the new authorities - Lot 1 Cumberland and Lot 2 Westmorland and Furness. It is anticipated that contract novation/transfer will occur in accordance with these lots.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 (Area) Allerdale, Carlisle & Copeland
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Section 17A of the Children’s Act 1989, inserted by the Health and Social Care Act 2001, gave councils a duty to offer Direct Payments for children’s services. In making Direct Payments under section 17A of the 1989 Act, councils are subject to the g...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2023 to 31/03/2024
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Lot 2 (Area) Barrow-in-Furness, Eden & South Lakeland
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Section 17A of the Children’s Act 1989, inserted by the Health and Social Care Act 2001, gave councils a duty to offer Direct Payments for children’s services. In making Direct Payments under section 17A of the 1989 Act, councils are subject to the g...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2023 to 31/03/2024
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 007651-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **People First Independent Advocacy**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-164784`
  - Value: £216,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 007651-2023-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **People First Independent Advocacy**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-164784`
  - Value: £264,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 007651-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £216,000
  - Signed Date: 21/11/2022

- **Contract:** 007651-2023-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £264,000
  - Signed Date: 21/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007651-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-16T11:11:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T10:20:34.385Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-036b3f