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Published 12 Feb 2024, 13:51 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Healthwatch Services Cumberland · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Cumberland Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£945,000≈ £189k / year
Submissions closed 13 Mar 2024awarded 9 May 2024
Awarded to PEOPLE FIRST INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 May 2029 · extension options published · starts 1 Jun 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cumberland Council are procuring for the provision of a Healthwatch Cumberland Service. This tender relates to the area covered by Cumberland Council – (Carlisle, Allerdale and Copeland).

The main purpose of Healthwatch Cumberland is to act as an independent organisation that champions the views of health and social in Cumberland, to improve the health services Cumberland residents access, to ensure stakeholders work together to achieve this and take account of the views of their service users in shaping and improving health and social care services.

The initial period of the contract is 3 years. There are two optional extensions of 12 months each. The use of these extensions is at the absolute discretion of the Council.

The contract end date on this notice includes these extensions.

The estimated average annual value of the contract is: £189,000 excluding VAT (inclusive of uplifts).

The estimated maximum total value of the Contract for the initial 3 year term is £567,000 excluding VAT. This includes an estimate of any potential uplifts.

The estimated maximum total value of the Contract for the initial term plus the 2 x 12 months optional extensions is £945,000. This includes an estimate of any potential uplifts.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1All award criteria are stated in the procurement documents onlyAwardedRenewal 5 yrs

All award criteria are stated in the procurement documents only. The Council is conducting the procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purpose of procuring the services described in the specification which can be found within the ITT documents.

Contract period: 1 Jun 2024 – 31 May 2029 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North West
Extensions: The Council proposes to enter into the Contract for a period of three years with the successful tenderer. There are TWO optional extensions available of up to 12 months. The optional extension are at the complete discretion of the Council. The end date of 31st May 2029 includes the two optional extensions. If the extensions are not used the contract will end on 31st May 2027.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. 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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
12 Feb 2024, 13:51 GMT
Last source update
17 Jun 2024, 14:18 BST
Award evaluation window
13 Mar 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN710082
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-018624
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North West (UKD1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04394d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
13 Mar 2024, 10:30 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
13 Mar 2024, 10:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Mar 2024 → 17 Jun 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Mar 2024, 10:30 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    13 Mar 2024, 10:30 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    1 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    17 Jun 2024, 14:18 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Jun 2024, 14:18 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 May 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
PEOPLE FIRST INDEPENDENT ADVOCACYSME——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
All award criteria are stated in the procurement documents only3bids · 3 electronic3—£567,000 – £945,000
Whole notice———£567,000 – £945,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cumberland Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cumbria House, 107 - 117 Botchergate, Carlisle, North West, CA1 1RDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • His Majesty's Court ServiceReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.