25066 CCC and PCC Individual Service Funds[E11]

From the notice

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 requirements include separate clauses relating to: -providers delivering care and brokerage support (Lot 1 …[E5]

• ConditionDelivery location: England, United Kingdom.[E6]
• The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

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1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:32 UTC

   The deadline (2026-04-06T11:00:00.000Z) has passed.

   Source document ee5f5e50-99c5-4369-b78f-839751980734-889562

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1. E1

   The buyer is Cambridgeshire County Council.

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2. E2

   The notice is classified under CPV 85000000 (Health and social work services).

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3. E3

   Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.

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4. E4

   Tenders must be submitted by 6 Apr 2026, 12:00 UTC+01:00.

   “2026-04-06T12:00:00+01:00”

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5. E5

   The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

   “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 commis…”

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6. E6

   Delivery location: England, United Kingdom.

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7. E7

   This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.

   “tender”

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8. E8

   The procedure is: Other -.

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9. E9

   The notice was published on 23 Mar 2026.

   “2026-03-23T09:33:24Z”

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10. E10

    Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.

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11. E11

    The notice is titled "25066 CCC and PCC Individual Service Funds".

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12. E12

    The stated value is GBP 18,000,000.

    “18000000 GBP”

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