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# Direct Payment Support Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04983b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northern Care Alliance: "Direct Payment Support Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Oct 2024, 10:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Northern Care Alliance](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-care-alliance-GB-FTS-120811)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 October 2024 at 10:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £398,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04983b`

## 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-04983b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payment-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04983b#participate

## Description
Salford 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.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Salford 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 rec...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 002260-2025-DN738309-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Disability Direct**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-135896`
  - Value: £398,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 002260-2025-DN738309-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £398,000
  - Signed Date: 06/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002260-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-22T15:56:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T20:59:39.143Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04983b