Notice Information
Notice Title
The Provision of Healthwatch Sefton
Notice Description
Healthwatch was established under the Health and Social Care Act 2014 to understand the needs, experiences and concerns of people who use health and social care services, and to speak out on their behalf. They are a statutory committee of the independent regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Within the Health and Social Care Act 2014 (Section 182), a duty was imposed on the Council to make contractual arrangements for a local Healthwatch organisation. Every local authority has a duty to make provisions for the delivery of Healthwatch statutory activity in their local area, their main statutory functions are to: * Obtain the views of people about their needs and experience of local health and social care services. Local Healthwatch make these views known to those involved in the commissioning and scrutiny of care services. * Make reports and make recommendations about how those services could or should be improved. * Promote and support the involvement of people in the monitoring, commissioning and provision of local health and social care services. * Provide information and advice to the public about accessing health and social care services and the options available to them. * Make the views and experiences of people known to Healthwatch England, helping us to carry out our role as national champion. * Make recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the CQC to carry out special reviews or investigations into areas of concern
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Extension for up to 36 months subject to satisfactory performance of the provider
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050e58
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048560-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £913,145 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £913,145 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £1,095,774 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,095,774 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SEFTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Mr Stewart Martin
- Contact Email
- cdp@sefton.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1519343009
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BOOTLE
- Postcode
- L20 7AE
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD73 Sefton
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Sefton
- Electoral Ward
- Linacre
- Westminster Constituency
- Bootle
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048560-2025
13th August 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037740-2025
7th July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019566-2025
8th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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