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title: "Halton Healthwatch and Advocacy Hub Service"
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# Halton Healthwatch and Advocacy Hub Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/halton-healthwatch-and-advocacy-hub-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038a3d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Halton Borough Council: "Halton Healthwatch and Advocacy Hub Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,467,930. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Halton Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/halton-borough-council-ons-e06000006)
- **Published Value:** £1,467,930 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 January 2023 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD7, UKD71
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,467,930 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/halton-healthwatch-and-advocacy-hub-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038a3d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038a3d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/halton-healthwatch-and-advocacy-hub-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038a3d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/halton-healthwatch-and-advocacy-hub-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038a3d#participate

## Description
Halton Borough Council is seeking to re-commission its Healthwatch and Advocacy
Services. It is the Commissioners’ intention that Healthwatch and the various elements of
Advocacy; Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA), Independent Mental Health
Advocacy (IMHA), Independent NHS Complaints Advocacy and Care Act Advocacy, is
delivered within one contractual arrangement.
TUPE will apply to this contract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £1,467,930

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Halton Healthwatch and Advocacy Hub Service (active)
  - Award id: `008529-2023-DN645206-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Engaging Communities Solutions CIC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-103279`
  - Value: £1,467,930 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Halton Healthwatch and Advocacy Hub Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,467,930
  - Signed Date: 06/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008529-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-23T15:36:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T18:57:12.299Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038a3d