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Published 15 May 2025, 09:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Direct Payments Support Service

Official notice

Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)·Procurement run by: SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTD

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD4)
Planned pipeline value£5,760,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 1 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Direct Payment Support Service in Lancashire offers Information and advice, payroll support, support to recruit Personal Assistants and supported banking services for individuals in receipt of a direct payment.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2033 with extensions
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
85000000 Health and social work services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 May 2025, 09:40 BST
Last source update
23 Jan 2026, 08:27 GMT
Authority reference
JB/ASC/LCC/25/1443
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-006009
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

15 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    15 May 2025, 09:40 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Latest notice published288 days ago
    23 Jan 2026, 08:27 GMT
  4. Market engagement267 days ago
    13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Lancashire County Council is in the process of undertaking a review and redesign of Direct Payments Support Services. The Council is yet to determine how these services will be commissioned and in future, different elements of the service may be delivered by one or more providers.

    Our operating model, Living Better Lives in Lancashire, guides how we work and make decisions. We are passionate about promoting people's wellbeing and independence and have more than 4000 people in receipt of a Direct Payment.

    The Council's intention is to move to a Direct Payments first model and increase the numbers of people who can benefit from directing their own support. We are interested in hearing from providers who have innovative solutions to supporting people with Direct Payments and Individual Service Funds to enhance our support offer. We are also interested in hearing from support providers who offer Independent Individual Service Funds.

    We wish to engage with key stakeholders who can deliver all or some of the proposed service elements in relation to some of the key elements of the Service, including changes from the existing provision.

    If you would like to take part in our review process, please send an expression of interest including 'Direct Payments' in the subject of the email to awpicomm@lancashire.gov.uk by 4pm on Friday 13th February 2026.

  5. Today
    8 Nov 2026
  6. Contract startsin 143 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    15 May 2025, 09:40 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Jan 2026, 08:27 GMT
    UK2
  3. Published value published: £5,760,000
    23 Jan 2026, 08:27 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Lancashire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBBJ-2179-TNXM PO Box 100, County Hall, Preston, North West, PR1 0LDContact email

Other public bodies

  • SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTDProcuring entityEvaluation and ongoing contract management support for the social value deliverables under the future contract.GB-COH: 09197997GB-PPON: PQHH-4489-TLZM London, LondonContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure