Tender

Healthwatch Oxfordshire

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

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Tender

25 Aug 2022 at 15:54

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Oxfordshire County Council has issued a tender for the commissioning of a Healthwatch Service for Oxfordshire, in accordance with the Social Care Act 2021. The procurement process is currently in the open stage, with a tender deadline set for September 16, 2022. The contract period is scheduled to run from February 1, 2023, to January 31, 2028. The tender falls under the services category with a value of £1,454,165. The buying organisation is Oxfordshire County Council located in Oxford, United Kingdom. The industry category for this tender is miscellaneous health services.

This tender opportunity provides chances for SMEs and voluntary sector organisations to engage in providing health and care-related services in Oxfordshire. Businesses involved in health services, care provision, community engagement, and advocacy are well-suited to compete for this tender. The tender focuses on involving local residents in decision-making processes, conducting projects for service improvements, outreach programmes with service users, and information sharing functions. Businesses with expertise in health service advocacy, community engagement, and conducting service evaluations are highly encouraged to participate in this tender to contribute effectively to local care services in Oxfordshire.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Healthwatch Oxfordshire

Notice Description

The Council is commissioning a Healthwatch Service for Oxfordshire, as required under the Social Care Act 2021. Oxfordshire County Council has a legal requirement to commission Healthwatch services as per the Social Care Act 2012. The service must carry out particular activities as set out below: 1. Promote and support the involvement of local people in the commissioning, the provision and scrutiny of local care services. 2. Enable local people to monitor the standard of provision of local care services and whether and how local care services could and ought to be improved; 3. Obtain the views of local people regarding their needs for, and experiences of, local care services and importantly to make these views known; 4. Make reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved. These should be directed to commissioners and providers of care services, and people responsible for managing or scrutinising local care services and shared with Healthwatch England. 5. Provide advice and information about access to local care services so choices can be made about local care services; 6. Formulate views on the standard of provision and whether and how the local care services could and ought to be improved; and share these views with Healthwatch England. 7. Make recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the Care Quality Commission to conduct special reviews or investigations (or, where the circumstances justify doing so, making such recommendations direct to the CQC); and to make recommendations to Healthwatch England to publish reports about particular issues. 8. Provide Healthwatch England with the intelligence and insight it needs to enable it to perform effectively. These outcomes will be delivered by: * Advocating for high-quality and timely inclusion of Oxfordshire residents and service users in local decision-making processes, including informal and formal processes; * Conducting at least one major or two small projects into the quality of local health and/or care services annually; making recommendations for service improvements where necessary. * Maintaining a regular outreach programme with members of the public, service-users and voluntary sector partners; * Working in partnership with voluntary sector colleagues to engage with seldom heard groups; * Routinely analysing ongoing feedback received from our outreach programme or through unsolicited feedback, reporting the findings to local providers and commissioners; * Working with partners to ensure an effective information sharing and signposting function; * Working closely with local CQC inspectors to provide evidence to their inspection programme; * Actively reporting to or participating in local oversight committees, including but not limited to the Health & Wellbeing Board and Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-9094b117-3f47-46ef-9127-f17dd1112cde
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8f33f4be-91e5-439d-895f-724f7ad3b27f
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85140000 - Miscellaneous health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,454,165 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Aug 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
16 Sep 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2028 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
OXFORD
Postcode
OX1 1ND
Post Town
Oxford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Oxford
Electoral Ward
Osney & St Thomas
Westminster Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon

Further Information

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