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# Direct Payments Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payments-service-ocds-h6vhtk-046948). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Swindon Borough Council: "Direct Payments Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Jun 2024, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Swindon Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/swindon-borough-council-ons-e06000030)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 June 2024 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services, Provision of services to the community, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £536,400 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payments-service-ocds-h6vhtk-046948#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-046948`

## 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-payments-service-ocds-h6vhtk-046948#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/direct-payments-service-ocds-h6vhtk-046948#participate

## Description
Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and
experienced service providers for the provision a service to support those adults making
direct payments for care in Swindon.
Swindon Borough council is looking to procure a Direct Payment Support service for adults
eligible for social care. The service will include the following functions:
• Information and advice on Direct Payments
• Training
• Facilitating peer support
• Recruitment and payroll support
• Managed Accounts
Full details relating to the Service are provided in the tender doc

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75200000, 85100000, 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and
experienced service providers for the provision a service to support those adults making
direct payments for care in Swindon.
Swindon Borough council is looking to pr...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 031368-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Enham Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-162839`
  - Value: £536,400 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 031368-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £536,400
  - Signed Date: 21/08/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031368-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-10-01T12:52:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:20:55.015Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-046948