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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Somerset County Council

Direct Payments Advice and Support Service in Somerset

HealthcareCPV 85000000 85300000 85320000
ValueValue not published
Awarded27 Aug 2015
Published17 Jul 2015
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

The brief

The key activities as part of this service will include providing information visits to people who are considering a Direct Payment, setting-up a Direct Payment, helping with recruitment of Personal Assistants, providing on-going support to DP users, managing the payroll for people who employ their own Personal Assistant and managed accounts.

A pilot is currently in progress with the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group to explore the feasibility of delivering joint support for Direct Payments and Personal Health Budgets.

SCC is intending to run a procurement process from the autumn of 2015 in order to have a new service in place by April 2016.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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A pilot is currently in progress

A pilot is currently in progress with the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group to explore the feasibility of delivering joint support for Direct Payments and Personal Health Budgets.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
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