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Direct Payment Support Service

The service provides essential guidance to help service users find, recruit, and pay for care and support, enabling greater choice and control. It supports both adults and children/young people receiving direct payments. This contract is an interim arrangement to maintain service continuity while the authority separates the support service from the underlying social care finance system and prepares for a future competitive tender.

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Awarded value
£121k
As published
Published
20 October 2025
Awarded
20 October 2025
Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service
Contract length
11 months
Ends 30 September 2026

What the contract covers

Service contract

Provision of information, advice, and recruitment support services for individuals and families managing social care direct payments.

  • Provide essential information and advice to people and parent/carers of children and young people who receive a direct payment from the Council or fund their own care and support
  • Help people to find, recruit and pay for the types of care and support they wish to receive
  • Provide the service to people with care needs to enable greater choice and control over the care they receive

Terms and requirements

Contract type
Service contract
Procedure
Direct award
Initial term
11 months
Contract dates
1 November 2025 to 30 September 2026
Certifications asked for
None stated
Lots
1
Suitable for SMEs
Not stated
Suitable for charities and social enterprises
Yes
CPV codes
85300000

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Peterborough City Council

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Cite this contract

Link
https://bidskim.com/tender/330285/direct-payment-support-service
Buyer reference
DN793772
Open contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cffa
Last checked
5 November 2026

Peterborough City Council. Direct Payment Support Service. Contract award, 20 October 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/330285/direct-payment-support-service (accessed 5 November 2026).