Official UK procurement notice
ASC0278 - Healthwatch · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLeicester City Council in association with Leicestershire County Council ("the Statutory Authorities") undertook a procurement process to find a suitably qualified and experienced provider
for the Healthwatch Service to operate in Leicester and Leicestershire. Leicester City Council
(acting on behalf of itself and Leicestershire County Council) led this procurement.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Health and Social Care Act (March 2012) required local authorities to establish…AwardedPublished value£1,500,000
The Health and Social Care Act (March 2012) required local authorities to establish local Healthwatch services in their localities. The Councils are required to purchase a local
Healthwatch service from a social enterprise or body corporate. The statutory functions of
Healthwatch include:-
a. promoting and supporting the involvement of local people in the provision of local health
and social care services.
b. scrutinising local health and social care services.
c. obtaining the views and experiences of people accessing local health and social care
services.
d. making recommendations about how local health and social care services could be
improved.
e. signposting people to information about local health and care services.
The proposed Contract shall be held by Leicester City Council and will be for an initial period
of 3 years to commence on 1st April 2023, with an option to extend, subject to satisfactory
performance outcomes for a further 2 years to 31st March 2028, taking the contract term to
a maximum of 5 years.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 90
- Price: 10
As detailed in the Invitation to Tender documentation.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Aug 2022, 11:55 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Nov 2022, 09:47 GMT
- Authority reference
DN595733- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033735- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0359bcFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Sept 2022 → 29 Nov 2022 · 2 dates- Submission deadline9 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
- Notice published29 Nov 2022, 09:47 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete29 Nov 2022, 09:47 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voluntary Action Leicester | £1,497,140 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 033735-2022-ASC0278 - Healthwatch-1 · Voluntary Action Leicester
- Signed
- 29 Nov 2022
- Value
- £1,497,140
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Leicestershire County CouncilContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Construction and Technology Court (Queens Bench Division)Review body
- Technology and Construction CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Voluntary Action LeicesterAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.