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title: "SSD 23 23 Direct payment Support Service tender"
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# SSD 23 23 Direct payment Support Service tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ssd-23-23-direct-payment-support-service-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0444f1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Derbyshire County Council: "SSD 23 23 Direct payment Support Service tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Derbyshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/derbyshire-county-council-ons-e10000007)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 April 2024 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £668,125 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0444f1`

## 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/ssd-23-23-direct-payment-support-service-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0444f1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Ddff20a7f-08da-ee11-8127-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ssd-23-23-direct-payment-support-service-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0444f1#participate

## Description
The Council is inviting a single provider or a lead provider with consortia or sub-contracting arrangement to deliver this service. Where there are consortium bids, there must be one lead organisation/management structure. The duration of the service contracts will be for 3 years from 1st October 2024, with the option to extend for up to 2 further periods of twelve (12) months each, subject to satisfactory performance, appropriate approvals, outcomes, funding availability, price, value for money and need for the service. The aim of this service is to support Direct Payment recipients in Derbyshire with the following: • Information and advice about how direct payments work in Derbyshire • Direct payment support on all matters relating to managing direct payments, including employer role and responsibilities, employment law, paying staff, managing care agencies, and keeping records. • Personal assistant recruitment and advertising PA vacancies. The service will be delivered to all residents of the administrative county of Derbyshire, excluding Derby City local authority area.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** The Council is inviting a single provider or a lead provider with consortia or sub-contracting arrangement to deliver this service. Where there are consortium bids, there must be one lead organisation/management structure. The duration of the service...
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2024 to 30/09/2027

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 018692-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Disability Syndicate**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:08038048`
  - Value: £668,125 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 018692-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £668,125
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018692-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-18T08:10:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T08:38:08.229Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0444f1