Direct Payment and Personal Health Budgets Brokerage, Support and Advice Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• taunton
• somerset clinical commissioning group
• personal health budgets brokerage
• direct payment
• advice service
• personal health budgets support
• direct support
• personal health budget
• aim of this service

Location

Somerset:

Description

PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE This is not a call for competition and is not yet a contract opportunity.** PLEASE NOTE: By Expressing an Interest in this event via the portal you are not confirming your place at the event. Please follow the instructions below to reserve your place. ** As part of the process Somerset County Council and Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group would like to hear views from a range of market providers about the future options and are inviting organisations to attend a soft market testing event on Tuesday 22nd June 2021. Soft Market Testing Event A Soft Market Testing event will be held on Tuesday 22nd June and Somerset County Council and Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group are inviting organisations to attend that might be interested in delivering this service, either individually or in partnership with others. The event will be an opportunity to inform and shape future options. Somerset County Council and Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group are keen to hear feedback from a range of providers as part of the wider consultation for these services. Organisations that take part will not be advantaged or disadvantaged in any way in any potential future formal procurement. Commercial confidentiality will be respected. This notice does not represent a formal commitment by Somerset County Council and Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group to undertake a procurement procedure. Event Details: • Date: Tuesday 22nd June 2021 • Time: 12:30 to 14:00

Total Quantity or Scope

Somerset County Council and Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group are jointly seeking to hear from organisations that might be interested in delivering a Direct Payment and Personal Health Budgets Support and Advice Service for the people of Somerset. The aim of this service is to improve people’s lives through promoting their independence and working much more collaboratively across statutory services to ensure that they get the best possible help, when they need it. The service will support people with a Direct Payment and/or a Personal Health Budget as well as individuals with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Direct Payments who have an Educational Health and Care Budget. Activities will include supporting people with planning, research and budgeting for their Direct Payment and/or Personal Health Budget by providing information and advice as well as direct support, including payroll services, to enable them to meet the outcomes agreed within their Care and Support Plan through putting arrangements in place in line with Somerset’s procedures and requirements.

Renewal Options

2 renewal options of 12 months each

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Renewals are available.

Other Information

• Venue: Microsoft Teams meeting Event Registration: To attend this event please email tbosher@somerset.gov.uk providing the name of your organisation, the name of the person(s) wishing to attend (Max 3 per organisation) and a contact email address for each. Please ensure that those attending from your organisation are the most appropriate to feed into the discussions. If you are unable to attend the event, the presentation, notes and associated documentation will be available through the e-tender system ProContract (www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk). SCC reserves the right to cancel or re-arrange these events at its own discretion. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **