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Provision of a Local Healthwatch Service

ST HELENS COUNCIL

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23 May 2025 at 14:18

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the "Provision of a Local Healthwatch Service" has concluded with an active status. St Helens Council, a regional or local authority based in St Helens, United Kingdom, led the procurement initiative. This service falls under the industry category of "Other community, social and personal services," emphasising local citizen involvement and monitoring of health care standards. The contract was awarded on 23 May 2025, following a limited procurement method due to no suitable providers being available from the market test. The delivery focuses on the UKD71 region, with an award value of £1,171,786.

This tender creates substantial opportunities for businesses skilled in community engagement and public service delivery to enhance local influence in healthcare provisions. Organisations specialising in social work, community action, or those with experience in handling healthcare complaints and advocacy are particularly suited to such initiatives. The awarded contract to Halton & St Helens Voluntary Community Action indicates the potential for voluntary and community organisations to leverage their expertise and connections within the locale to drive meaningful changes and improvements in healthcare services.

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Notice Title

Provision of a Local Healthwatch Service

Notice Description

Local Healthwatch The aim of local Healthwatch is to give citizens and communities a stronger voice to influence and challenge how health and social care services are provided within their locality. Local Healthwatch are funded by and accountable to local authorities. Their statutory functions are: 1. Promoting and supporting the involvement of local people in the commissioning, the provision and scrutiny of local care services 2. Enabling 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. Obtaining the views of local people regarding their needs for, and experiences of, local care services and importantly to make these views known, sharing these reports with commissioners and to relevant strategic boards( e.g such as but not limited to St Helens People's Board) 4. Making reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved within an overall framework that recognises financial constraints. 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. Providing advice and information about access to local care services so choices can be made about local care services. 6. Formulating views on the standard of provision and whether and how the local care services could and ought to be improved; and sharing these views with Healthwatch England and local authority commissioners. 7. Making 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. Providing Healthwatch England with the intelligence and insight it needs to enable it to perform effectively.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Direct Award as after testing the market no suitable providers were available.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0523a6
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026690-2025
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
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,171,786 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 May 20259 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 May 20259 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ST HELENS COUNCIL
Contact Name
peter smith
Contact Email
peter.smith@star-procurement.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
ST HELENS
Postcode
WA10 1HP
Post Town
Warrington
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD71 East Merseyside
Delivery Location
TLD71 East Merseyside

Local Authority
St. Helens
Electoral Ward
St Helens Town Centre
Westminster Constituency
St Helens South and Whiston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

HALTON & ST HELENS VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION

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