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Awarded · ResultStage · award

Birmingham City Council

Direct Payment Support Services

HealthcareCPV 85300000
Value£360k framework ceiling
Awarded
Published7 Mar 2025
RegionNationwide

Framework ceiling £360,000 across 3 suppliers or lots — the most the agreement may spend across all suppliers and call-offs, not a contract value.

Outcome — awarded
Ideal for All

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
Commercial and Procurement
etendering@birmingham.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

The Council wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Direct Payment Support Services to provide a range of support to citizens using Direct Payments to deliver all the services across Adults and Children’s such as:• Ongoing advice and support• Advising citizens of client contributions • Personal Care Assistant recruitment• Managed accounts – managing citizen’s Direct Payment where they are unable to do so• Payroll and HMRC services• Arranging Carer and Personal Assistant Insurance• Arrange DBS checksThe service will be provided to citizens assessed as being eligible for Social Care services who choose to take all or part of their Personal Budget as a Direct Payment, and for citizens who require support to manage Direct Payments.These services will be delivered across both Adults and Children’s.

The framework agreement will be available for use by Birmingham’s Children’s Trust and Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Disability.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

DBS checkPersonnel clearance & vetting · per person
Arrange DBS checksThe service will be provided to citizens assessed as being eligible for Social Care services who choose to take all or part of their Personal Budget as a Direct Payment, and for citizens who require support to manage Direct Payments.These services will be delivered across both Adults and Children’s.
Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
The Council wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Direct Payment Support Services to provide a range of support to citizens using Direct Payments to deliver all the services across Adults and Children’s such as:

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
008416-2025
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