Direct Payment Support

Tender description

Procurement of Direct Payment Support Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Direct Payment Support. Project Description Swindon Borough Council is looking to procure a service-user led 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 documents. Contract Period The contract will be initially for a period of 24 months commencing 1st April 2018 with the option to extend for a further 24 months and again for another 24 months, subject to satisfactory performance and budget availability. The relevant tender documents are included within this project webpage as attachments. Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 22nd January 2018, 1400 hrs UK Local time by hardcopy to Caroline Gaulton only. If you require any clarifications on the tender documents please submit these in writing via e-mail, including the project name clearly in the e-mail title, to Caroline Gaulton at cgaulton@swindon.gov.uk by 12th January 2018, 1200 hrs UK Local time. The Council’s responses to these clarification questions will be uploaded as attachments on the project webpage attachments section. Therefore it is the Contractor’s responsibility to check the site regularly for updates to clarifications, as you will not be advised when updates have been made. In the event of difficulties downloading tender documents, please refer to the named contacts: Caroline Gaulton at cgaulton@swindon.gov.uk or Juliette Broome at jbroome@swindon.gov.uk Please note that this project has been advertised on Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) Contract Notice reference 2017/S 238-494724 Contracts Finder however, Supplying the South West Portal is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN311496 We would encourage you to click on the ‘Register interest’ button to help the Council monitor the level of interest in this opportunity. No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents. Keywords: Direct Payment Finance, Direct Payment Payroll, Direct Payment Managed Accounts, Direct Payment Support, Direct Payment Personal Assistants, Direct Payments