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title: "Greater Essex Public Involvement Network"
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# Greater Essex Public Involvement Network

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/greater-essex-public-involvement-network-ocds-h6vhtk-06970c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Greater Essex Public Involvement Network". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £99,650 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/greater-essex-public-involvement-network-ocds-h6vhtk-06970c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06970c`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/greater-essex-public-involvement-network-ocds-h6vhtk-06970c#tl-md)

## Description
We want to create a connected, coordinated infrastructure that connects researchers, commissioners, and
policymakers within Greater Essex's public services with community, voluntary, resident, and specialist networks.
This infrastructure will help enable inclusive public involvement, genuine co-production, and shared influence over local priorities.
We are seeking a partner to help build and maintain a "public involvement network" for Greater Essex - a key
piece of infrastructure supporting public involvement.
We anticipate that this will involve the following:
Phase One - Building the network:
Mapping existing involvement and engagement groups/forums across Greater Essex that can support
engagement between public services and residents, service users, patients, and wider interest groups defined by
lived experience.
Collecting and documenting information about these forums and groups in a format suitable for inclusion in a
'directory', enabling researchers, commissioners, service designers, and policymakers to identify and contact
groups where resident voices can inform research, commissioning decisions, service design, or policy
development.
Establishing relationships with the owners or gatekeepers of these groups, securing appropriate agreements to
include their details in any directory.
Collaborating with representatives from the identified forums and groups to develop clear processes and
protocols governing how researchers, commissioners, and policymakers should engage with them. This may take
the form of a rulebook or charter outlining expectations and responsibilities within collaborative or co

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79410000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **HEALTHWATCH ESSEX LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PHJL-6231-NMMZ`
  - Value: £99,650 † (inc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £99,650
  - Signed Date: 16/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F043639-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-12T16:04:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T22:18:04.053Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06970c