Direct Payment Support Services

The service will deliver a Southampton wide Direct Payments (DP) Support Service which will be available to:

• Clients who choose to take a DP when awarded a Personal Budget (PB) by either of the following Southampton City Council's services: o Children's Services and o Adult Social Care.

• Clients who choose to take a DP when awarded a Personal Health Budget by either of the following of Southampton City Clinical Commissioning Group's services:

o Continuing Health Care and o Section 117 Aftercare (possibly in the future depending on legislation).

Southampton City Council would like to invite tenders for this oppportunity, please access the supply portal at https://supplysouthampton.esourcingportal.com/ where you will be able to obtain further information regarding this procurement. If your organisation is not already registered on the tendering portal, you will be required to register to access the full tender pack.