Official UK procurement notice
Health Equity Teams - PSR Most suitable provider
Authority: London Borough of Lewisham (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLewisham has a history of strong partnership working with communities. Our long-standing Community Development Team proactively engages with and undertakes community development activity with residents and the community and voluntary sector. The Council is involved in a range of partnerships to better understand the drivers of inequality and the impact of COVID-19.
Under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), officers utilised the ‘Most Suitable Provider Process’ to identify six VCSO’s best placed to form HET’s with Health Equity Fellows (HEF’s).
The services will be contracted for a period of two years from 6th June 2025 to 31st May 2027. The annual contract value will be £40,000 for each VSCO and £80,000 for the duration of the contract over two years. For all six organisations the values will be £240k over a year and £480k over 2 years.
This notice is placed to set out Lewisham Council's intention to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
CPV: Health services
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Lewisham Council Intend to award of contracts to six VSCO’s under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, ‘Most Suitable Provider Process’, in order to deliver health interventions and raise awareness of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in Black Heritage and Ethnically Diverse Communities.
The key criteria that VSCO’s were submitting an application for are:
- Quality and innovation;
- Value;
- Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability;
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice;
- Social Value;
A notice (2025/S 000-008065) was published for 14 days informing the market of the intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process. The Council sought a providers who were suitable and capable to continue the delivery of this work.
Officers followed a robust evaluation against the above key criteria, after which the 6 most suitable providers were selected.
This notice is placed to set out Lewisham Council's intention to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Mar 2025, 14:28 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 May 2025, 12:03 BST
- Authority reference
DN766190- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026101- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e9d5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.
The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 5th June 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'.
Publisher note: The decision to award this contract in line with the Most Suitable Provider Process was based on evaluation against the Key selection criteria listed above. The successful providers were evaluated by the panel as being the 6 VCSO’s that best met the key criteria and scored the highest scores using Lewisham Council’s Scoring Matrix. They provided robust additional information that evidenced that they were the Most Suitable Organisations. Award decisions have been recommended by the Director of Public Health, Health Inequalities Project Officer, a representative from SIRG (Social Inclusion Recovery Group providing the Community Voice), the Community of Practice Lead for Health Equity (representing SEL ICB) and the Public Health Commissioning Manager for Lewisham Council, with key decision makers being Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health. No conflicts of interest were declared. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 6th June 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to: [email protected]
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Apr 2025 → 23 May 2025 · 2 dates- Next notice expected4 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published23 May 2025, 12:03 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Status changed to complete23 May 2025, 12:03 BST
- Procurement method changed23 May 2025, 12:03 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Ribbon Living Well CICSME | £80,000 † | — | Awarded |
| COCO COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY HUB LTDSME | £80,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Africa Advocacy FoundationSME | £80,000 † | — | Awarded |
| MabadilikoSME | £80,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Therapy 4 HealingSME | £80,000 † | — | Awarded |
| DIVERSITY HEALTH & WELL-BEING CICSME | £80,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 026101-2025-1 · Red Ribbon Living Well CICSME
- Signed
- 21 May 2025
- Value
- £80,000
- Status
- active
Contract 026101-2025-2 · COCO COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY HUB LTDSME
- Signed
- 21 May 2025
- Value
- £80,000
- Status
- active
Contract 026101-2025-3 · Africa Advocacy FoundationSME
- Signed
- 21 May 2025
- Value
- £80,000
- Status
- active
Contract 026101-2025-4 · MabadilikoSME
- Signed
- 21 May 2025
- Value
- £80,000
- Status
- active
Contract 026101-2025-5 · Therapy 4 HealingSME
- Signed
- 21 May 2025
- Value
- £80,000
- Status
- active
Contract 026101-2025-6 · DIVERSITY HEALTH & WELL-BEING CICSME
- Signed
- 21 May 2025
- Value
- £80,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
6 commercial parties on the notice- Africa Advocacy FoundationAwarded supplier
- COCO COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY HUB LTDAwarded supplier
- DIVERSITY HEALTH & WELL-BEING CICAwarded supplier
- MabadilikoAwarded supplier
- Red Ribbon Living Well CICAwarded supplier
- Therapy 4 HealingAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.