Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c0e-6494-72ee-b113-bc37d33ad460/direct-payment-support cancelled GB open procedure # Direct Payment Support [Suffolk County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/suffolk-county-council) Estimated value Not stated Published 7 Jul 2017 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender A person will have a personal budget from Suffolk County Council when they have “eligible", ongoing care and support needs The personal budget money paid into a separate bank account and the person can arrange their care and support themselves. This is called a “Direct Payment”. For some people the thought of managing the money, arranging things including employing staff and giving updates on what the money has been spent on, can be difficult and off putting. We are asking organisations to express and interest in offering a services to help people manage their Direct Payment. The Council will not be contracting services that provide customers with support to manage their Direct Payment, but does want to ensure that the support needed is available. Customer would access that support directly with service providers paying for these services from their Direct Payment (that being part of the support plan for customers) or through the use of their own funds. There are currently in the region of 1500 people in Suffolk who have a direct payment. Many of these people already receive support with their direct payment from a locally based support organisation. Suffolk County Council wishes to promote a situation where any organisation with the right skills, knowledge and systems can offer a choice of services to direct payment customers. To achieve this the County Council wishes to work with a number of organisations to develop a range of options that people can choose from to help with managing their direct payment If you are interested in providing direct payment support services in Suffolk, please contact Jean Cobbold ### Tel 01473 265842 E Mail ### By 29th May 2015 Organisations who have already expressed an interest do not need to respond. Read full description ## CPV classification Social work and related services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/52f505fd-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) 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](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Suffolk County Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/suffolk-county-council) [Sector More 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 · 16 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 · 11 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 · 29 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 · 45 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 · 26 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) [Company health services – Oulun Kaupunginteatteri Oy:n työterveyspalveluiden hankinta · Oulun Kaupunginteatteri Oy · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-0bc2-70fb-8fdf-04d28b71fd35/finland-company-health-services-oulun-kaupunginteatteri-oyn-tyoterveyspalve)