--- title: "LPS CARE - Provision of a local Healthwatch Service in Lancashire - RFQ 15304635" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-21f28cb8-edf0-4887-a266-83d84dabc3cf" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-21f28cb8-edf0-4887-a266-83d84dabc3cf" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-21f28cb8-edf0-4887-a266-83d84dabc3cf.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-21f28cb8-edf0-4887-a266-83d84dabc3cf.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2021-12-01" --- # LPS CARE - Provision of a local Healthwatch Service in Lancashire - RFQ 15304635 Buyer: LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-21f28cb8-edf0-4887-a266-83d84dabc3cf [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-21f28cb8-edf0-4887-a266-83d84dabc3cf) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-21f28cb8-edf0-4887-a266-83d84dabc3cf.json) ## Summary Lancashire County Council is currently overseeing a tender titled "LPS CARE - Provision of a local Healthwatch Service in Lancashire" (RFQ 15304635), primarily within the health and social work services sector. The tender process is open, with submissions accepted until 15th October 2021. The estimated contract value is £1,620,000, and the contract period runs from 1st April 2022 to 1st April 2025. The services will be delivered in Lancashire, specifically addressing the involvement of local communities in health and social care commissioning. This tender presents an excellent opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) focused on health and social care advocacy to engage with local authorities. Businesses that specialise in community engagement, monitoring health service standards, or providing care services would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. Successful participation could enhance their visibility and role in local health service improvements while potentially leading to long-term partnerships with the Lancashire County Council. ## Notice Healthwatch was created by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 as the independent consumer champion for health and social care. Healthwatch operates at national level through Healthwatch England and at a local level through local Healthwatch. Local Healthwatch operates in each upper tier local authority area. Local Healthwatch Service will help to ensure that the views and feedback from local people are an integral part of local commissioning across health and social care. To ensure that Lancashire County Council (the Authority) fulfils its statutory responsibility in relation to the creation of Healthwatch Lancashire ('the Service'), the Provider, in delivering the Service will: Promote and support the involvement of local people in the commissioning, provision and scrutiny of local care services. Enable local people to monitor the standard of local care services and whether / how they could / ought to be improved. This includes the right to carry out 'Enter and View' visits on premises where publically funded care services are provided as part of its role in gathering evidence. Obtain the views of people about their need for and their experiences of local care services and making these views known to persons responsible for commissioning, providing, managing or scrutinising local care services. Make reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved. Provide advice and information about access to local care services so choices can be made about local care services. Additional information: The tender can be found on the Authority's Oracle Sourcing Portal under the RFQ number 15304635. Amended versions of the tender are denoted at the end of the RFQ number by a comma followed by an amendment number. Search results will display any and all amended versions of the tender. The latest version is determined as being the RFQ number with the highest amendment number. You may only make a submission against the latest amendment. Where you have made a submission against a tender that is subsequently amended you will be required to resubmit prior to the submission deadline. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4411d210-c8f3-4e46-acc0-8a55c168d1f8 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 1 Dec 2021 | | Submission deadline | 15 Oct 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 23 Nov 2021 | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2022 - 1 Apr 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,620,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £967,338 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | PRESTON | | Post town | Preston | | Postcode | PR1 8XJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire | | ITL 3 | TLD45 Mid Lancashire | | Local authority | Preston | | Electoral ward | City Centre | | Westminster constituency | Preston | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | PEOPLE FIRST INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 1 Dec 2021 at 09:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4411d210-c8f3-4e46-acc0-8a55c168d1f8 - 15 Sep 2021 at 08:46 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e5488b30-a7c6-491e-9ad8-2523ec625874 - 15 Sep 2021 at 08:43 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e5488b30-a7c6-491e-9ad8-2523ec625874 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4411d210-c8f3-4e46-acc0-8a55c168d1f8 1st December 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e5488b30-a7c6-491e-9ad8-2523ec625874 15th September 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/isupplier/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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