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Dynamic Market for Direct Payment Payroll and Managed Account Services

Business ServicesCPV 79211110

ValueValue not published

Deadline1 Dec 2026

Published13 Nov 2025

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 13 Nov 202596 days leftCloses 1 Dec 2026

Who to contact

procurementops@southend.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

https://procurement.southend.gov.uk/ The above is the ProContract Link, which will instruct bidders to both register with the E-Sourcing Platform, and how to find the opportunity to register an interest and bid.

The submission route named on the official notice.

When this comes round again

Southend-on-Sea City Council has published 4 Business Services notices, about every 7 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around January 2027.

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The brief

ynamic Market for Direct Payment Payroll and Managed Account Services Service Title: Dynamic Market or Direct Payment Payroll and Managed Account Services Contract Type: Framework Agreement procured via a Dynamic Market under Light Touch Regime.

6 months (with the option to extend for up to a further 6 months) Southend-on-Sea City Council is seeking bidders to be awarded a place on a Framework to provide Direct Payment Services within the Adult and Social Care Requirement.

Scope: This Service is commissioned pursuant to: • Section 31-33 of the Care Act 2014 • The Care and Support (Direct Payments) Regulations 2014 • Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (where applicable) • Children and Families Act 2014 (where applicable for children and young people) Direct Payments are provided to enable the Individual to arrange their own care and support.

Where Personal Assistants are employed, the Individual or their Authorised Person is the legal employer.

Successful suppliers will be made available for selection by the Council's Service users, who will contact and contract with those successful suppliers through this Framework Agreement.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

The Care and Support (Direct Payments) Regulations

The Care and Support (Direct Payments) Regulations 2014.

Direct Payments are provided to enable

Direct Payments are provided to enable the Individual to arrange their own care and support.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

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

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market

Contract Type: Framework Agreement procured via a Dynamic Market under Light Touch Regime.

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.

What it takes to bid this

10–22 daysof bid-team effort

£6.8k–£15.1kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the value not published — mid-band assumed band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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