# GB-Telford: Direct Payments Support Service

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Telford and Wrekin Council](/buyers/telford-wrekin-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £500,000
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Planned start: 1 February 2016
- Planned end: 31 January 2017
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 840a5ef6-a0b2-4227-940e-c73589e4c128-84048
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2b5db34e-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

You have been invited to bid for a direct payments support service\. The purpose of the service is to support and enable service users to use their direct payments to live as indepdendently as possible and achieve the outcomes they want and have included in their support plan\. This will include developing a pool of PA's and matching them with potential service users\. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\.

## Related contract awards

- [DPS Apprenticeships 021\.26 Associate Project Manager Level 4 - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fa0b878d-78d3-486f-b661-47dcfcd494c1): Telford and Wrekin Council
- [022\.26 Youth Support Worker Level 3 - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b44aa063-f444-4586-a47d-6c02e847b67c): Telford and Wrekin Council
- [023\.26 Customer Service Specialist Level 3 - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2cd5142d-1a2f-4904-a321-9ed91012dfde): Telford and Wrekin Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/840a5ef6-a0b2-4227-940e-c73589e4c128-84048)