Procurement Summary
Country: United Kingdom
Summary: 25066 Ccc and Pcc Individual Service Funds
Deadline: 06 Apr 2026
Posting Date: 23 Mar 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 138295083
Document Ref. No.: CCC001-DN601140-93041551
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: GBP 18000000
CPV Classification
85000000 - Health and social work services
85300000 - Social work and related services
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Tender Details
Cambridgeshire County Council is inviting applications to join our DPS for Individual Service Funds Framework. Cambridgeshire County Council will be able to call-off the DPS.
Individual Service Funds (ISFs) were formally introduced in the Care Act (2014), as an option for commissioning self-directed support. They are a mechanism by which a person's personal budget, agreed by a Social Worker, can be held by a third party organisation (i.e. neither by the County Council nor the person) who is a trusted organisation accredited by the County Council to help the person find the care and support they need in the local community, be it access to Homecare, Day Services, a Personal Assistant (PA), equipment needs, live-in care, social prescribing or signposting to other services and voluntary organisations that will help them achieve their agreed outcomes, or indeed a combination of all of the above. It is a form of Self-Directed Support.
ISFs are particularly appropriate when people do not feel confident enough or have the capacity to manage the financial and employer responsibilities of a Direct Payment on their own but still prefer to exercise personal choice and control over how their agreed care and support needs are met. Some people who receive a Direct Payment may prefer the support of a local approved ISF Broker who can assist the person with support to plan their activities and care but would not themselves hold the budget responsibility this is why the ISF service re...
Location Of Contract : England
Industry : Health and social work services - 85000000 Social work and related services - 85300000
Value Of Contract : £18, 000, 000
Published Date : 23 March 2026
Closing Date : 6 April 2026
Documents
Tender Notice