--- title: "Healthwatch Knowlsey, Knowsley Older People's Involvement Programme and Partnership Public Engagement Facilitation and Support Service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-028a3a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-028a3a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-028a3a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-028a3a.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "KNOWSLEY COUNCIL" published: "2021-01-14" --- # Healthwatch Knowlsey, Knowsley Older People's Involvement Programme and Partnership Public Engagement Facilitation and Support Service Buyer: KNOWSLEY COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-028a3a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-028a3a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-028a3a.json) ## Summary The procurement process led by Knowsley Council, titled "Healthwatch Knowsley, Knowsley Older People’s Involvement Programme and Partnership Public Engagement Facilitation and Support Service", is classified under the industry category of social work and related services. The tender is at the award stage, with the total contract value amounting to £1,356,964. The relevant activities are centred in Knowsley, UK, and the contracts were awarded on 14th January 2021, for which active subcontracts are also in place for supporting services. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses focused on public engagement and social welfare, particularly those specialising in services tailored for older adults, community engagement, or healthcare support. Companies that have experience in facilitating partnerships and community forums or providing social services would be well-positioned to compete for this contract, given the emphasis on collaborative and responsive service design to meet the needs of users in the health and care sectors. ## Notice This contract is being issued as a light touch contract Local Healthwatch (LHW) is at the heart of a health and care service that is centred on patients and users. Local Healthwatch will gather people's views on, and experiences of, the health and social care system. In this way, community views will have real influence with those who commission and on those who provide services, about what users, carers and citizens need and want from them. This can help them to be more responsive to what matters to service users and the public and enable them to design services around their needs. Knowsley older people's involvement programme will be responsible for promoting and enabling the engagement and the active involvement of older people (aged 55 years and over) in Knowsley with local agency partners and stakeholders to carry out the activities. The partnership public engagement facilitation and support service is required to coordinate the Knowsley engagement forum and facilitate effective public engagement and involvement activities to support the Knowsley strategic board and health and wellbeing board. ### Lot Information Healthwatch Knowlsey and Knowsley Older People's Involvement Programme Local Healthwatch (LHW) is at the heart of a health and care service that is centred on patients and users. Local Healthwatch will gather people's views on, and experiences of, the health and social care system. In this way, community views will have real influence with those who commission and on those who provide services, about what users, carers and citizens need and want from them. This can help them to be more responsive to what matters to service users and the public and enable them to design services around their needs. Knowsley older people's involvement programme will be responsible for promoting and enabling the engagement and the active involvement of older people (aged 55 years and over) in Knowsley with local agency partners and stakeholders to carry out the following activities: * promote and support the meaningful involvement of older people in the commissioning, provision and scrutiny of local services; * empower older people to participate in the review, commissioning and monitoring of local services; * obtain the views of older people about their needs for, and their experiences of, local services; * making their views known to those responsible for commissioning, providing, managing and scrutinising those services; and * the maintenance and support of the Knowsley Older Peoples Voice (KOPV). Partnership Public Engagement Facilitation and Support Service The partnership public engagement facilitation and support service is required to coordinate the Knowsley engagement forum and facilitate effective public engagement and involvement activities to support the Knowsley strategic board and health and wellbeing board. This includes specifically facilitating the overall delivery and functionality of the physical disability and sensory impairment partnership board, learning disability partnership board, carers' partnership board, older peoples' partnership board and the autism service development group. * to coordinate the engagement forum; * facilitate effective public engagement and involvement activities to support the Knowsley Strategic Board and Health and Wellbeing Board (and Safeguarding Boards as necessary) to deliver their respective priorities over the period of the contract; * to ensure that each specialist partnership boards/groups is administered in a manner that is conducive to the overall objectives of the board and that the boards are representative of the people they serve. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000742-2021 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Jan 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 14 Jan 2021 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £1,523,610 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | KNOWSLEY COUNCIL | | Locality | HUYTON | | Post town | Liverpool | | Postcode | L36 9UX | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside | | ITL 3 | TLD71 East Merseyside | | Local authority | Knowsley | | Electoral ward | Roby | | Westminster constituency | Knowsley | | Delivery location | TLD7 Merseyside | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | HEALTHWATCH KNOWSLEY | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85300000 - Social work and related services - 85320000 - Social services ## Release History - 14 Jan 2021 at 10:36 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000742-2021 ## Notice URLs - http://www.healthwatchknowsley.co.uk - http://www.knowsley.gov.uk - https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:465323-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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