Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Cambridgeshire County Council
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
Contact
Miss Meera Maisuria
procurement2@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Peterborough City Council
Sand Martin House Bittern Way
Peterborough
PE2 8TY
procurement2@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=2085b69a-219e-ec11-8112-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=2085b69a-219e-ec11-8112-005056b64545
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
21129 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Individual Service Funds
Reference number
DN601140
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short 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.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH - East of England
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
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.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £21,600,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
Duration in months
60
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.11) Main features of the award procedure
This tender is the setting up of a pseudo DPS under the light touch provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Section 7.
Potential providers that score 60% or more will be accepted on the DPS.
The DPS will remain open for new applications but will be evaluated every three months, or at other intervals at the councils discretion.
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
31 July 2025
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English