Notice Information
Notice Title
Be Well Service
Notice Description
The service provides 'social prescribing' interventions for people in Manchester who have one or more long term conditions and/or whose social circumstances place them at risk of developing long-term conditions or becoming frequent users of health and care services in the future.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Manchester City Council Public Health Department is looking to enter into a contract for a social prescribing service in Manchester. The service provides social prescribing interventions for people in Manchester who have one or more long term conditions and/or whose social circumstances place them at risk of developing long-term conditions or becoming frequent users of health and care services in the future. Its focus is on connecting people to community-based sources of social and non-medical support, which includes time-limited one-to-one support where required. Manchester City Council is intending to award the contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract is for three years running from April 2025 to March 2028.
Procurement Information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 1 May 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050519
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016003-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85323000 - Community health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £9,696,021 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 16 Apr 202510 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mark Leaver
- Contact Email
- procurement@manchester.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MANCHESTER
- Postcode
- M60 2LA
- Post Town
- Manchester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD33 Manchester
- Delivery Location
- TLD33 Manchester
-
- Local Authority
- Manchester
- Electoral Ward
- Piccadilly
- Westminster Constituency
- Manchester Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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