--- title: "Healthwatch Soft Market Test" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-6b929fac-597d-4050-aeee-a270f1c43e6b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6b929fac-597d-4050-aeee-a270f1c43e6b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6b929fac-597d-4050-aeee-a270f1c43e6b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6b929fac-597d-4050-aeee-a270f1c43e6b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL" published: "2024-01-02" --- # Healthwatch Soft Market Test Buyer: SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6b929fac-597d-4050-aeee-a270f1c43e6b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6b929fac-597d-4050-aeee-a270f1c43e6b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6b929fac-597d-4050-aeee-a270f1c43e6b.json) ## Summary The Sheffield City Council has initiated a tender process named "Healthwatch Soft Market Test" for health and social work services in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom. The procurement stage is active, with a tender period ending on January 19, 2024, and a contract period scheduled from October 1, 2024, to October 2, 2024. This tender presents an opportunity for small and voluntary sector enterprises to engage with Sheffield City Council in providing essential health and social care services. Businesses specializing in health and social work services are well-suited to compete for this contract, aligning with the council's aim to involve the public in improving local care services and shaping future provisions. ## Notice Healthwatch's purpose is to ensure that the views of the public shape the health and care services they need. This means that Healthwatch Sheffield are required to be: * Independent in purpose - amplifying the voice and experiences of the most pressing and difficult issues in health and social care. * Independent in voice - speaking up on behalf of sometimes unpopular causes or groups who are marginalised and/or face disadvantages or discrimination. * Independent in action - designing and delivering activities that best meet the needs of the people they serve. Healthwatch Sheffield is due to come to the end of its current contractual period in September 2024 and Sheffield City Council is looking to ensure we maintain the statutory activities delivered alongside local priorities: * Promote and support the involvement of people in the commissioning, provision, and scrutiny of local care services. * Enable people to monitor the standard of provision of local care services and whether and how local care services could and ought to be improved. * Obtain the views of people regarding their need for, and experiences of, local care services and importantly make these views known to those responsible for commissioning, providing, managing, or scrutinising local care services and to Healthwatch England. * Make reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved. 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. * Provide advice and information about access to local care services so people can make choices about local care services. * Formulate 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/602f75a4-2204-48fd-887a-32ddc448e26f | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not applicable | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Jan 2024 | | Submission deadline | 19 Jan 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2024 - 2 Oct 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | SHEFFIELD | | Post town | Sheffield | | Postcode | S1 2HH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield | | Local authority | Sheffield | | Electoral ward | City | | Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central | | Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 2 Jan 2024 at 14:08 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/602f75a4-2204-48fd-887a-32ddc448e26f ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/602f75a4-2204-48fd-887a-32ddc448e26f 2nd January 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=76610&B=UK Additional data - https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/104130 User / Company ## Notice URLs - https://www.sheffield.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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