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title: "The Provision of Healthwatch Sefton"
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# The Provision of Healthwatch Sefton

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-healthwatch-sefton-ocds-h6vhtk-050e58). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sefton Council: "The Provision of Healthwatch Sefton". Published status: complete. Published Value: £913,145. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 May 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sefton Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sefton-council-ons-e08000014)
- **Published Value:** £913,145 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 May 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD73
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,095,774 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-healthwatch-sefton-ocds-h6vhtk-050e58#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050e58`

## 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/the-provision-of-healthwatch-sefton-ocds-h6vhtk-050e58#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FRFx%2FRFxSummary%3FrfxId%3D590d8459-0d25-f011-8136-005056b64545%26projectId%3D7350acc8-2424-f011-8136-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-healthwatch-sefton-ocds-h6vhtk-050e58#participate

## Description
Healthwatch was established under the Health and Social Care Act 2014 to understand the needs, experiences and concerns of people who use health and social care services, and to speak out on their behalf. They are a statutory committee of the independent regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Within the Health and Social Care Act 2014 (Section 182), a duty was imposed on the Council to make contractual arrangements for a local Healthwatch organisation. 
Every local authority has a duty to make provisions for the delivery of Healthwatch statutory activity in their local area, their main statutory functions are to: 
• Obtain the views of people about their needs and experience of local health and social care services. Local Healthwatch make these views known to those involved in the commissioning and scrutiny of care services. 
• Make reports and make recommendations about how those services could or should be improved. 
• Promote and support the involvement of people in the monitoring, commissioning and provision of local health and social care services. 
• Provide information and advice to the public about accessing health and social care services and the options available to them. 
• Make the views and experiences of people known to Healthwatch England, helping us to carry out our role as national champion. 
• Make recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the CQC to carry out special reviews or investigations into areas of concern

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

- **Estimated Value:** £913,145

- **Contract Period:** 01/10/2025 to 30/09/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of Healthwatch Sefton (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-104414`
  - Value: £1,095,774 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 06/07/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of Healthwatch Sefton (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,095,774
  - Signed Date: 11/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019566-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-13T16:20:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T08:38:39.519Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050e58