Official UK procurement notice
Direct Payment Support Services · Disability Direct for Northern Care Alliance (Sept 2024)
Authority: Northern Care Alliance·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSalford Care Organisation (a division of Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust) is issuing this invitation to tender in connection with the competitive procurement of Direct Payment Support Services to be delivered to citizens of Salford in receipt of a Direct Payment and self-directing their own care and support services. This will include information, advice and guidance; recruitment/employment support; maintenance of a Personal Assistant Register; a brokerage service for identifying care agencies.
The Direct Payment Support Service will support adults and children assessed as eligible for health and social care personal budgets to consider whether a direct payment of this budget would be suitable for them and to support with setting up suitable arrangements to meet identified outcomes.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 5 Sept 2024, 10:11 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Jan 2025, 15:56 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Oct 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN738309- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002260- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04983bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Oct 2024, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 14 Oct 2024, 10:00 BST
Timeline
14 Oct 2024 → 22 Jan 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline14 Oct 2024, 10:00 BST
- Bids opened14 Oct 2024, 10:00 BST
- Notice published22 Jan 2025, 15:56 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jan 2025- Status changed to complete22 Jan 2025, 15:56 GMT
- Buyer details updated22 Jan 2025, 15:56 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disability DirectSME | £398,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 002260-2025-DN738309-1 · Disability DirectSME
- Signed
- 6 Dec 2024
- Value
- £398,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10bids · 10 electronic · 10 from abroad | 9 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustContracting authorityRegional or local authorityGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Salford City CouncilReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Disability DirectAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.