Direct Payment Support Services

A Tender Notice
by ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
35.5 month
Value
£5M
Sector
HEALTH
Published
20 Oct 2022
Delivery
To 16 Nov 2025 (est.)
Deadline
02 Dec 2022 12:00

Concepts

Location

Essex:

Geochart for 2 buyers and 0 suppliers

2 buyers

Description

Essex County Council (“the Council”) is seeking to commission a new Direct Payments Support Service (DPSS) to enable people who are ordinarily resident within the administrative boundaries of Essex (excluding the unitary authority areas of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea) to manage their direct payment. This procurement will incorporate the following lots: Lot 1: Independent Information and Advice Service and Personal Assistant (PA) Support Hub Lot 2: Payment/Payroll/Account Management services

Lot Division

1 Independent Information and Advice Service and Personal Assistant (PA) Support Hub
  • Value: £1M

This lot is designed to secure suitable provision of an advice and information service relating to direct payments, which will also include Employer Advice and Guidance Services and a Personal Assistant support hub delivered to individuals who may be considering taking a Direct Payment or already have one in place, and who are ordinarily resident in Essex. Further details of the Council's requirements for this lot can be found within the service specification for this procurement on the Council's e-sourcing portal, ProContract as detailed in section 1.3 of this notice above. Please note that the stated contractual value of £1,400,000 for this lot reflects the estimated value of this contract over the course of the maximum 5-year duration of the service based upon the Council's current and forecast demand and expenditure of £280,000 per annum.
2 Payment/Payroll/Account Management services
  • Value: £3M

This lot is designed to secure suitable provision of Payment Services and Account Management to support people with either social care and/or mental health needs (across both adults and children’s services) to manage their personal budgets via a Direct Payment (DP). Please note that the successful bidder for this lot will be required to deliver all the following specified requirements (noting that not every DP recipient will require support from all of the constituent elements of this provision): • Payroll - to support DP recipients who employ their own Personal Assistant(s) • Bought Ledger - to support individuals to pay for social care services using their Direct Payment; and • Account Management - to ensure that Direct Payment money for each DP recipient is received in an identifiable, named account from which all relevant payments can be made. Further details of the Council's requirements for this lot can be found within the service specification for this procurement on the Council's e-sourcing portal, ProContract as detailed in section 1.3 of this notice above. Please note that the stated contractual value of £3,250,000 for this lot reflects the estimated value of this contract over the course of the maximum 5-year duration of the service based upon the Council's current and forecast demand and expenditure of £650,000 per annum.

Renewal Options

Bidders are advised that this service will be commissioned under an initial three (3) year term with the option to extend for a further two (2) years at the Council’s discretion; thereby resulting in a maximum possible contract duration of five (5) years.

Award Criteria

Qualitative Questions 50
Social Value 10
price 40

CPV Codes

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services
  • 85312310 - Guidance services
  • 85321000 - Administrative social services

Indicators

  • This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
  • Renewals are available.
  • Professional qualifications are sought.

Other Information

Further details regarding the Council’s requirements for each of these lots can be found within the relevant service specification which will be published on the Council’s e-tendering portal, ProContract and can be accessed via: https://procontract.due-north.com/ Please register for a user account to gain access to the procurement documentation for this opportunity. The Council envisages that this procurement will be published on the aforementioned e-sourcing portal on Thursday 20th October 2022. Prospective bidders are advised that the Council will act akin to a central purchasing body in relation to this procurement opportunity in conjunction with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) who will access but not formally be a party to the ensuing contract. In addition, please note that whilst the ensuing DPSS contracts will primarily be used to support people with either social care and/or mental health needs to manage their personal budgets via a Direct Payment; it will also be open for the following classification of users within the administrative area of Essex: NHS Healthcare (including local Integrated Care Systems). In addition, bidders are advised that this service will be commissioned under an initial three (3) year term with the option to extend for a further two (2) years at the Council’s sole discretion; thereby resulting in a maximum possible contract duration of five (5) years. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. Candidates are welcome to bid for either single or multiple lots of this procurement. Candidates are advised this procurement will be conducted via the Council's e-tendering portal, ProContract, which can be accessed via the following website: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login Please register for a user account to gain access to the procurement documentation for this opportunity. The Council envisages that this procurement will be published on the aforementioned e-sourcing portal on Thursday 20th October 2022. However, the Council reserves the right to postpone the publication in order to ensure suitable assurance that the tender documents are fit for purpose. Once the procurement is published a corresponding advertisement will be available via the Council's e-tendering portal, ProContract to enable prospective bidders to access, view and respond to this opportunity. In order to submit an effective expression of interest in this opportunity, candidates must utilise the functionality within the Council's e-tendering portal.

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