Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b86-a2ec-711d-ab32-7d0be3d29e7f/direct-payment-support-services [Skip to main content](#main-content) awardedGBopen procedure # Direct Payment Support Services [Cumbria County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/cumbria-county-council) Estimated value Not stated Published 25 Jun 2021 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender The Council has a statutory duty under the Children’s Act 1989, Section 17, to offer the option of Direct Payments to parents or carers with parental responsibility for Children with Disabilities. The Carers and Disabled Children’s Act 2000 extended eligibility to include 16 and 17 year olds and those with parental responsibility for disabled children. This is detailed in Section 17 in the Children’s Act 1989. Direct Payments are made to parents/carers whose children with disabilities have been assessed by the Council as needing care and support services. Instead of directly providing services, the Council can now give payment (Direct Payments also known as personal budget) directly to parents/carers of children with disabilities to make their own care arrangements. This payment allows parents/carers to choose and organise care services that are appropriate and meet their needs. Some families will use the money to buy care from an agency or directly employ their own staff or members of their extended family to provide the care. The Council promotes improved health, independence and inclusion through the provision of care and support services which enable children with disabilities and their families to achieve as full and independent a life as possible. ## CPV classification Health and social work services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-02c01a-2021-06-25T11:09:26+01:00 [View official notice ](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-02c01a-2021-06-25T11:09:26+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free ](/register) [Buyer profileCumbria County Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/cumbria-county-council)[SectorMore Health and social work tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/health-social-work) ## More tenders like this [RRE-01284 - For the provision of a Digitally Enabled Children & Young People’s Mental Health Service (South Staffordshire) Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust 17 days left 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a146ba-bdbb-723e-91d9-73c07d7467ba/rre-01284-for-the-provision-of-a-digitally-enabled-children-young-peoples-m)[Children & Young People's Homecare & Sitting Service (Short Breaks Specialist) Lot 1; and Children and Young People's Outreach Support Service (Short Breaks Specialist) Lot 2 The Borough Council of Calderdale 12 days left 29 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14872-4a25-72ad-a37f-1a3be4bb5b48/children-young-peoples-homecare-sitting-service-short-breaks-specialist-l)[AMCV 342 - The Provision of a Supported Living Service in the Battlefield area of Shrewsbury Shropshire Council 30 days left 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-3685-7349-8b60-26d9c22670f1/amcv-342-the-provision-of-a-supported-living-service-in-the-battlefield-area-o)[Personalised Care Specialist Support Service - West Suffolk NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board 46 days left 2 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-381f-7396-957c-cc0c99077f74/personalised-care-specialist-support-service-west-suffolk)[Child daycare services – Réservation de berceaux en crèche pour les enfants Vertaviens Ville de VERTOU 27 days left 13 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-0d35-7266-b839-25a448981ed6/france-child-daycare-services-reservation-de-berceaux-en-creche-pour-les-enf)[Physiotherapy services – 2026-75 Servei de gestió i prestació de rehabilitació física ambulatòria derivada d'accidents de trànsit, per a l'Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Consorci Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (HCB) 31 days left 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-1112-7053-9df3-ab536c04933d/spain-physiotherapy-services-2026-75-servei-de-gestio-i-prestacio-de-rehabil)