Official UK procurement notice
CP2636-25 The Provision of Healthwatch and Local Engagement in the County of Devon
Authority: Devon County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDevon County Council, Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council and NHS Devon ICB are commissioning for a contract for Local Healthwatch and a Local Engagement Service within the Devon STP footprint. This procurement has been developed in collaboration with the three Local Authorities and NHS Devon ICB.
Lot 1 - Local Healthwatch for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay (Statutory Health and Social Care Consumer Voice). This will be Commissioned by the 3 local authorities with input from the ICB.
Lot 2 - Local Health and Social Care Engagement. This will be Commissioned by Devon and the ICB. This will be arranged on a 'call off purchase', issue-by-issue basis, with no guarantee of volume of business.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot CP2636-25Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 13 May 2025, 15:35 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jul 2025, 13:06 BST
- Authority reference
CP2636-25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038934- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05123cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published13 May 2025, 15:35 BST
- Market engagement1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council intend to once again commission local Healthwatch for the combined local authority areas by letting a new contract from 1 April 2026. Commissioners from the three local authorities are currently obtaining agreement to that intention through their respective governance arrangements and subject to final agreement anticipated by 23 May 2025, the opportunity to bid for the new local Healthwatch contract will then be advertised to the market using this procurement portal.
Additional identifiers :
Plymouth : PBQP-8499-TLMP
Torbay:PXLG-3144-TYMJ
- Latest notice published10 Jul 2025, 13:06 BST
- Tender notice expected12 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 May 2025, 15:35 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Jul 2025, 13:06 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Following the Government's recent announcement on 27th June 2025 regarding the future of Healthwatch, which includes the planned closure of Healthwatch England and the transition of its statutory functions to the Department of Health and Social Care, we regret to inform you that the decision has been taken to terminate this procurement opportunity. Due to the significant uncertainty surrounding t…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender