Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ce8-4f0a-705a-8fa2-80350e53cb5a/direct-payments [Skip to main content](#main-content) awardedGBnegotiated without publication procedureSuitable for SMEs # Direct Payments [Wakefield Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/wakefield-council) Estimated value £497,651 Published 18 Mar 2024 Deadline Closed 11 Dec 2023 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](/opportunities/for-small-businesses)## About this tender Wakefield Council is seeking a provider to deliver a Direct Payment Support Service to individuals receiving a direct payment and people with parental responsibility of children with assessed need to purchase services and includes: • Information about Direct Payments • Information about the payroll service and how it operates. • Budgetary help • Information, advice and support about becoming an employer, including legal responsibilities. • Information, advice, and support on how to draft an advert and job descriptions, interviewing, police checking staff, contracts of employment, staff retention, staff termination, disciplinary and requisite insurance cover. • Information and assistance with calculation of Payroll, National Insurance and Tax in liaison with the relevant statutory agencies. • Health and Safety Regulations. • Records to be maintained. • Advice and guidance regarding the completion and submission of information to the Council. The contract period will be for a period of two years, with the option to extend for up to an additional one year, at a total three-year contract. The contract period will be 1 April 2024 until 31 March 2026 which will be £328,472, with the option to extend for up to one year, increasing the contract value to £497,651. The estimated contract values include inflation. ## CPV classification Social work services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice ](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/86cfdc2e-ab87-43d5-8739-d05425aa5d19) 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 profileWakefield Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/wakefield-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)[Company health services – Oulun Kaupunginteatteri Oy:n työterveyspalveluiden hankinta Oulun Kaupunginteatteri Oy 30 days left 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-0bc2-70fb-8fdf-04d28b71fd35/finland-company-health-services-oulun-kaupunginteatteri-oyn-tyoterveyspalve)