21129 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Individual Service Funds

Tender 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. Lot 1: The DPS is for an initial period of 3 years, with an optional extension of a further 2 years, making 5 years in total. Potential providers are asked to identify whether they are: 1. ISF Providers delivering care themselves 2. ISF Providers exclusively brokering care and support delivered by other providers The estimated value stated includes VAT as per the recent government guidance. The estimated maximum value of the DPS excluding VAT is £18,000,000. It is expected that the first round of the DPS will close on 06/05/2022.