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title: "Expression of Interest Healthwatch North Northamptonshire Council (NNC)"
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# Expression of Interest Healthwatch North Northamptonshire Council (NNC)

Buyer: NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e0e6f731-e263-409b-9e18-3c4147bf3073

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## Summary

North Northamptonshire Council has completed the procurement process for Healthwatch Services, with an award status effective since 6th March 2025. The council invited expressions of interest for the provision of Healthwatch Services, as mandated by the Health & Social Care Act 2012. This process, focusing on the health and social work services industry (CPV code 85000000), was classified as 'Expression of Interest'. The procurement value was £480,000, and the contract period spans from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2029, covering local services in the East Midlands, United Kingdom.

This tender offers significant business growth opportunities, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community and social enterprises (VCSEs). The successful provider, Support Northamptonshire, is expected to deliver comprehensive Healthwatch services, focusing on core statutory functions such as promoting public involvement, monitoring service quality, and providing advice on accessing care services. This contract requires leveraging existing networks to maximise outreach and impact, positioning firms with established local connections and expertise in public health advocacy as ideal candidates to compete in similar future tenders.

## Notice

North Northamptonshire Council invited providers to express their interest for Healthwatch Services. The Health & Social Care Act 2012 mandates that top-tier authorities commission Healthwatch locally, positioning it as the primary public champion for both local health and social care systems. Healthwatch plays a crucial role in monitoring the quality of local services, gathering public views and experiences, and influencing service provision. It mirrors this role nationally through its relationship with Healthwatch England and the CQC. The Provider is expected to focus on the eight core statutory functions of Healthwatch. Emphasis should be placed on maximising public-facing services through a robust delivery model that leverages existing networks and partnerships for optimal reach and impact. Local authorities are accountable for commissioning the following eight core statutory activities: 1. Promoting and supporting the involvement of people in the commissioning, the provision, and scrutiny of local care services. 2. Enabling people to monitor the standard of provision of local care services, whether and how local care services could and ought to be improved. 3. Obtaining the views of people regarding their need for, and experiences of, local care services and to make these views known to those responsible for commissioning, providing, managing, or scrutinising local care services to Healthwatch England. 4. Making reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved. These are usually directed to commissioners and Provider 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 people can make choices about this service. 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. (See Sharing information with Healthwatch England) 7. Making recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to conduct special reviews or investigations (or, where the circumstances justify doing so, making recommendations direct to CQC); and to make recommendations to Healthwatch England to publish reports about issues. 8. Providing Healthwatch England with the intelligence and insight it needs to enable it to perform effectively. Whilst ensuring the arrangements are "effective" and "represent value for money", and to publish a report in relation to their findings on provision in their area.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f7b5e3db-283d-42f8-95bc-905641e1e820 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Expression Of Interest |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 17 Jan 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £480,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £480,000 |
| 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 | NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | KETTERING |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode | NN16 8TL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF25 North Northamptonshire |
| Local authority | North Northamptonshire |
| Electoral ward | Northall |
| Westminster constituency | Kettering |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SUPPORT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 4 Apr 2025 at 14:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f7b5e3db-283d-42f8-95bc-905641e1e820

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f7b5e3db-283d-42f8-95bc-905641e1e820
  4th April 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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