--- title: "Local HealthWatch Service - HealthWatch Luton" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-8285bcc5-4d78-4e0b-a616-8b429d98b8da" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8285bcc5-4d78-4e0b-a616-8b429d98b8da" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8285bcc5-4d78-4e0b-a616-8b429d98b8da.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8285bcc5-4d78-4e0b-a616-8b429d98b8da.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "LUTON COUNCIL" published: "2022-05-27" --- # Local HealthWatch Service - HealthWatch Luton Buyer: LUTON COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8285bcc5-4d78-4e0b-a616-8b429d98b8da [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8285bcc5-4d78-4e0b-a616-8b429d98b8da) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8285bcc5-4d78-4e0b-a616-8b429d98b8da.json) ## Summary Luton Borough Council is conducting a procurement process for the Local HealthWatch Service, with an awarded contract announced on 26th May 2022. This service falls under the 'Health and social work services' category, and the contract, valued at £427,000, is set to run from 6th May 2022 until 6th December 2023. The procurement method is an open procedure, adhering to the Public Contract Regulations 2015, specifically under the Light Touch Regime rules. Interested suppliers were required to submit quotations by 15th April 2022, with the opportunity open to registered organisations on the Proactis Due North platform. This procurement presents significant opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the health and social care sector. Businesses that are capable of delivering community support services, health advice, and engagement initiatives would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. By participating, these organisations can enhance their visibility and establish themselves as key players in local health service provision, ultimately contributing to their growth and community impact. ## Notice .1 Luton Borough Council is looking to engage qualified organisations to submit a quotation for the Provision of Services : Healthwatch Luton' 1.2 This procurement is subject to PCR15 , Public Contract Regulation 2015, Light Touch Regime rules, and as such the Council is following a below FTS threshold Request For Quotation (with Evaluation) bidding process i.e. an advert is published on the Council's e Commerce Platform as arranged by Proactis , Pro Contract ' Due North ' and also on Contract Finder. Any suppliers wishing to bid for this work within a 30 day return period, need to register for free via the Proactis Due North website to receive the tender documents. Please note the return date can only be extended by the Council with good reason to do so, those suppliers not seeing advert until late, should bid on the understanding that they will have less time to prepare. 1.3 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 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 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/49255798-6251-4824-85bc-43377fe24847 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 27 May 2022 | | Submission deadline | 15 Apr 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 25 May 2022 | | Contract period | 16 Sep 2022 - 31 Mar 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £427,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £1,000 | | 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 | LUTON COUNCIL | | Locality | LUTON | | Post town | Luton | | Postcode | LU1 2BQ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLH21 Luton | | Local authority | Luton | | Electoral ward | Central | | Westminster constituency | Luton South and South Bedfordshire | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | HEALTHWATCHLUTON | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 27 May 2022 at 08:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/49255798-6251-4824-85bc-43377fe24847 - 21 Mar 2022 at 10:32 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/612fcad9-32d8-4574-be47-4386669237f2 - 14 Mar 2022 at 15:13 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/93704d3b-5341-4825-badc-dffb228545c9 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/49255798-6251-4824-85bc-43377fe24847 27th May 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/612fcad9-32d8-4574-be47-4386669237f2 21st March 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/93704d3b-5341-4825-badc-dffb228545c9 14th March 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=9a76ffe7-a5a3-ec11-8112-005056b64545 Advert ## Notice URLs - http://www.luton.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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