# Direct Payments

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [WAKEFIELD COUNCIL](/buyers/wakefield-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Penderels Trust Limited
- Award value: £497,651
- Tender value: £497,651
- Award date: 18 March 2024
- Published: 18 March 2024
- Contract start: 1 April 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: bb3d7894-0e6d-43c7-89c9-b49831ec6a72-732839
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-86cfdc2e-ab87-43d5-8739-d05425aa5d19

## Description

Wakefield Council is seeking a provider to deliver a Direct Payment Support Service to individuals receiving a direct payment and people with parental responsibility of children with assessed need to purchase services and includes: • Information about Direct Payments • Information about the payroll service and how it operates\. • Budgetary help • Information, advice and support about becoming an employer, including legal responsibilities\. • Information, advice, and support on how to draft an advert and job descriptions, interviewing, police checking staff, contracts of employment, staff retention, staff termination, disciplinary and requisite insurance cover\. • Information and assistance with calculation of Payroll, National Insurance and Tax in liaison with the relevant statutory agencies\. • Health and Safety Regulations\. • Records to be maintained\. • Advice and guidance regarding the completion and submission of information to the Council\. The contract period will be for a period of two years, with the option to extend for up to an additional one year, at a total three-year contract\. The contract period will be 1 April 2024 until 31 March 2026 which will be £328,472, with the option to extend for up to one year, increasing the contract value to £497,651\. The estimated contract values include inflation\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb3d7894-0e6d-43c7-89c9-b49831ec6a72-732839)