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Published 14 Sept 2021, 14:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of a local Healthwatch Service in Lancashire

Official notice

Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD4)
Published estimate£1,620,000exc. VAT0.5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 15 Oct 2021awarded 23 Nov 2021
Awarded to PEOPLE FIRST INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Healthwatch was created by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 as the independent

consumer champion for health and social care. Healthwatch operates at national level

through Healthwatch England and at a local level through local Healthwatch. Local

Healthwatch operates in each upper tier local authority area. Local Healthwatch Service will

help to ensure that the views and feedback from local people are an integral part of local

commissioning across health and social care. To ensure that Lancashire County Council (the

Authority) fulfils its statutory responsibility in relation to the creation of Healthwatch

Lancashire ('the Service'), the Provider, in delivering the Service will: Promote and support

the involvement of local people in the commissioning, provision and scrutiny of local care

services. Enable local people to monitor the standard of local care services and whether /

how they could / ought to be improved. This includes the right to carry out 'Enter and View'

visits on premises where publicly funded care services are provided as part of its role in

gathering evidence. Obtain the views of people about their need for and their experiences of

local care services and making these views known to persons responsible for commissioning,

providing, managing or scrutinising local care services. Make reports and recommendations

about how local care services could or ought to be improved. Provide advice and information

about access to local care services so choices can be made about local care services.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: North West
Extensions: The contract is for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend in any period/periods up to a maximum of 24 months · The Contract Initial Term is 3 years with the option to extend in any further period or periods up to a maximum of 24 months, however, this is dependent on the funding received from Central Government's Local Reform and Community Voices grant.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: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Questionnaire: 70%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Questionnaire: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
14 Sept 2021, 14:19 BST
Last source update
30 Nov 2021, 09:39 GMT
Award evaluation window
15 Oct 2021 – …
Authority reference
RFQ 15304635
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-029647
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e08f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
15 Oct 2021, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
15 Oct 2021, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.lancashire.gov.uk/isupplier/ ↗

Timeline

15 Oct 2021 → 30 Nov 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    15 Oct 2021, 10:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    15 Oct 2021, 14:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    30 Nov 2021, 09:39 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Nov 2021, 09:39 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,612,2301 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Nov 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
PEOPLE FIRST INDEPENDENT ADVOCACYSME£1,612,230 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lancashire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local agency/officeGeneral public services Fishergate, Preston, North West, PR18XJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of Justice - The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria