Tender

Healthy Urban Places: Community Partnership for Research

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

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11 Apr 2025 at 11:46

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Tender

14 Mar 2025 at 15:44

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10 Mar 2025 at 15:28

Summary of the contracting process

The University of Liverpool is leading a tender for "Healthy Urban Places: Community Partnership for Research," focusing on community engagement within the localities of Toxteth, Speke, Croxteth, and Birkenhead. The university seeks community-based organisations to collaborate in the Healthy Urban Places programme, exploring the influence of local environments on people's health and inequalities through research. This competitive tender is open for submissions until 22 April 2025, with the award period ending on 2 May 2025. The contract duration is 30 months, starting from 26 May 2025, with a potential 3-month extension. The total contract value, including potential additional funding, is up to £245,000, divided into four lots with an estimated maximum of £57,000 per lot.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, especially those with established community networks and experience in research services. The programme's collaborative nature offers businesses the chance to engage directly with communities and stakeholders, potentially leading to impactful, place-based changes that could open further consultancy and service provision opportunities. SMEs and VCSEs are particularly encouraged to participate, with the procurement process structured to include a two-stage evaluation focusing on quality, cost, social value, and presentations. This structured approach ensures a diverse range of organisations can compete and contribute to meaningful local research and improvements.

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Notice Title

Healthy Urban Places: Community Partnership for Research

Notice Description

Healthy Urban Places (HUP) at The University of Liverpool (UoL) is seeking a community-based organisation (or organisations) experienced in community engagement, and with established community networks, to collaborate and contribute to "Community Collaboratives" and support the delivery of research for the Healthy Urban Places (HUP) programme. Healthy Urban Places, funded by UK Research and Innovation and part of Population Health Improvement UK, is exploring how and why local environments (e.g. housing, local amenities, access to jobs, availability of community or social spaces, the way decisions are made or resources invested) influence people's health and inequalities, through research with communities and local stakeholders. HUP is establishing a 'Community Collaboratives' that brings together communities, researchers and decision-makers in Liverpool and our sister site, Bradford. Community-based organisations will coordinate community-led research activities in their area and engage local communities and stakeholders. HUP researchers will provide training on research skills and actively support community organisations to co-produce meaningful research and identify priorities about what makes a healthy place, with the aim influencing place-based changes by sharing these with local, regional and national decision-makers. The tender will be structured into four Lots based on the local area that the research activities will be undertaken in: Lot 1: Toxteth Lot 2: Speke Lot 3: Croxteth Lot 4: Birkenhead The work will be conducted in five work phase. These five phases are: Phase 1 - Start-up Phase 2 - Initial Research Phase 3 - Reflect Phase 4 - Further Research Phase 5 - Impact The resulting contract will be 30 months, with the option to extend for 3 months. The estimated maximum contract value per Lot is PS57,000. The current total contract including any extension for all four Lots is PS228,000. There is the possibility of a further PS17,000 in additional funding, which is reflected in the stated Contract Value, however this has not yet been confirmed.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Toxteth

Renewal: 3 months

Lot 2

Speke

Renewal: 3 months

Lot 3

Croxteth

Renewal: 3 months

Lot 4

Birkenhead

Renewal: 3 months

Planning Information

The University of Liverpool intends to undertake a competitive exercise for the provision of Healthy Urban Places: Community Partnership for Research. This notice serves to inform the market that it is seeking expressions of interest from organisations in advance of this tender. To notify us of your expression of interest, please contact: Faye Taylor Category Manager ftay0206@liverpool.ac.uk In order to see when the tender has been published, access the tender documents and participate, please ensure you are registered on the In-Tend portal as early as possible via the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/liverpooluni/

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eb1d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014582-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services


CPV Codes

73110000 - Research services

73300000 - Design and execution of research and development

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£245,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Apr 202510 months ago
Submission Deadline
22 Apr 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
14 Mar 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
26 May 2025 - 25 Nov 2027 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
Contact Name
Faye Taylor
Contact Email
ftay0206@liverpool.ac.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LIVERPOOL
Postcode
L69 7ZX
Post Town
Liverpool
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD72 Liverpool
Delivery Location
TLD7 Merseyside

Local Authority
Liverpool
Electoral Ward
Brownlow Hill
Westminster Constituency
Liverpool Riverside

Further Information

Notice Documents

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