Decision details

That the Part 1 (Public) summary be noted when considering the recommendations in the Part 2 (Exempt) information report to award the contract to the highest scoring bidder.

The tendering process for the Direct Payment Support and Payroll Service has been undertaken in accordance with the Local Authority’s financial and contractual requirements.  A total of 28 suppliers expressed an interest in providing the service, with three suppliers submitting compliant bids and one supplier assessed as being non-compliant.  Following evaluation of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, the three compliant suppliers were shortlisted for the second ‘service specific’ stage of the tender process.  The evaluation was undertaken by a panel of Officers from both a commissioning and operational perspective and included service user and parent carer representatives with tender submissions evaluated on a 60% finance and 40% quality split.