Published date: 8 April 2022

Last edited date: 8 April 2022

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 31 July 2025, 11:30pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£21,600,000

Procurement reference

CCC001-DN601140-03038554

Published date

8 April 2022

Closing date

31 July 2025

Closing time

11:30pm

Contract start date

1 August 2025

Contract end date

2 August 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Individual Service Funds (ISFs) were formally introduced in the Care Act (2014), as an option for commissioning self-directed support. They are a mechanism by which an individual's Personal Budget, agreed by a Social Worker, is held by a third party organisation (i.e. neither by the Local Authority nor the Service User) who is trusted by the client to help them find the care and support they need in the local community, be it access to Day Services, a Personal Assistant (PA), equipment needs, live-in care, social prescribing or signposting to other services and voluntary organisations that will help them achieve their agreed outcomes, or indeed a combination of all of the above. It is a form of Self-Directed Support.

ISFs are particularly appropriate when service users do not feel confident enough or have the capacity to manage the financial and employer responsibilities of a Direct Payment on their own but still prefer to exercise personal choice and control over how their agreed care and support needs are met.

Please note, the contract value, £21,600,000, includes VAT. The estimated maximum value of the DPS excluding VAT is £18,000,000.

The DPS is expected to start on 01/08/2022 for an initial period of 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years, making 5 years in total. The first round of the DPS is expected to close on the 06/05/2022 at 12:00

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

21129 CCC & PCC Individual Service Funds

  • Opportunity
  • Published 8 April 2022

Links

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Address

New Shire Hall
Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
England

Email

Procurement2@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Website

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/