Buyer Name: North Northamptonshire Council
Buyer Address: The Corby Cube, George Street, Corby, UKF25, NN171QG, United Kingdom
Contact Email: Procurement@northnorthants.gov.uk
Expression Of Interest Healthwatch North Northamptonshire Council (NNC)
Buyer Contact Info
Status
complete
complete
Procedure
limited
limited
Value
480000.0 GBP
480000.0 GBP
Published
04 Apr 2025, 14:00
04 Apr 2025, 14:00
Deadline
n/a
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
n/a
Contract End
n/a
n/a
Category
services
services
CPV
85000000 - Health and social work services
85000000 - Health and social work services
Region
n/a
n/a
Awarded To
Support Northamptonshire
Support Northamptonshire
Official Source
Open Find a Tender
Open Find a Tender
Description
North Northamptonshire Council invited providers to express their interest for Healthwatch Services. The Health & Social Care Act 2012 mandates that top-tier authorities commission Healthwatch locally, positioning it as the primary public champion for both local health and social care systems. Healthwatch plays a crucial role in monitoring the quality of local services, gathering public views and experiences, and influencing service provision. It mirrors this role nationally through its relationship with Healthwatch England and the CQC. The expression of interest process for this recommissioning occurs amidst economic challenges and local change, where public input will be essential in shaping the future direction of services. Healthwatch's role as an independent public voice is critical to this process. The successful bidder will need to outline consultation methods to identify future priorities, ensuring that Healthwatch remains a valuable resource for the local community. The Provider is expected to focus on the eight core statutory functions of Healthwatch. Emphasis should be placed on maximising public-facing services through a robust delivery model that leverages existing networks and partnerships for optimal reach and impact. Local authorities are accountable for commissioning the following eight core statutory activities: 1. Promoting and supporting the involvement of people in the commissioning, the provision, and scrutiny of local care services. 2. Enabling people to monitor the standard of provision of local care services, whether and how local care services could and ought to be improved. 3. Obtaining the views of people regarding their need for, and experiences of, local care services and to make these views known to those responsible for commissioning, providing, managing, or scrutinising local care services to Healthwatch England. 4. Making reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved. These are usually directed to commissioners and Provider of care services and people responsible for managing or scrutinising local care services and shared with Healthwatch England. 5. Providing advice and information about access to local care services so people can make choices about this service. 6. Formulating views on the standard of provision and whether and how the local care services could and ought to be improved and sharing these views with Healthwatch England. (See Sharing information with Healthwatch England) 7. Making recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to conduct special reviews or investigations (or, where the circumstances justify doing so, making recommendations direct to CQC); and to make recommendations to Healthwatch England to publish reports about issues. 8. Providing Healthwatch England with the intelligence and insight it needs to enable it to perform effectively. Whilst ensuring the arrangements are "effective" and "represent value for money", and to publish a report in relation to their findings on provision in their area.
Linked Documents
No linked documents found for this notice.
Opportunity Context
Lots
Lot Description: The Health & Social Care Act 2012 mandates that top-tier authorities commission Healthwatch locally, positioning it as the primary public champion for both local health and social care systems. Healthwatch plays a crucial role in monitoring the quality of local services, gathering public views and experiences, and influencing service provision. It mirrors this role nationally through its relationship with Healthwatch England and the CQC. The expression of interest process for this recommissioning occurs amidst economic challenges and local change, where public input will be essential in shaping the future direction of services. Healthwatch's role as an independent public voice is critical to this process. The successful bidder will need to outline consultation methods to identify future priorities, ensuring that Healthwatch remains a valuable resource for the local community. The Provider is expected to focus on the eight core statutory functions of Healthwatch. Emphasis should be placed on maximising public-facing services through a robust delivery model that leverages existing networks and partnerships for optimal reach and impact. Local authorities are accountable for commissioning the following eight core statutory activities: 1. Promoting and supporting the involvement of people in the commissioning, the provision, and scrutiny of local care services. 2. Enabling people to monitor the standard of provision of local care services, whether and how local care services could and ought to be improved. 3. Obtaining the views of people regarding their need for, and experiences of, local care services and to make these views known to those responsible for commissioning, providing, managing, or scrutinising local care services to Healthwatch England. 4. Making reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved. These are usually directed to commissioners and Provider of care services and people responsible for managing or scrutinising local care services and shared with Healthwatch England. 5. Providing advice and information about access to local care services so people can make choices about this service. 6. Formulating views on the standard of provision and whether and how the local care services could and ought to be improved and sharing these views with Healthwatch England. (See Sharing information with Healthwatch England) 7. Making recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to conduct special reviews or investigations (or, where the circumstances justify doing so, making recommendations direct to CQC); and to make recommendations to Healthwatch England to publish reports about issues. 8. Providing Healthwatch England with the intelligence and insight it needs to enable it to perform effectively. Whilst ensuring the arrangements are "effective" and "represent value for money", and to publish a report in relation to their findings on provision in their area.
Lot 1 Status: cancelled
Lot 1 Has Options: Yes
Lot 1 Options: Contract for an initial period of 36 months with the preferred Potential Supplier, with an option to extend for 12 months, making 48 months in total. Please note this contract is dependent on year-on-year funding.
Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality
Raw Notice JSON
Expand raw payload
{
"awards": [
{
"id": "013136-2025-1",
"relatedLots": [
"1"
],
"status": "active",
"suppliers": [
{
"id": "GB-CHC-1161753",
"name": "Support Northamptonshire"
}
]
}
],
"bids": {
"statistics": [
{
"id": "2",
"measure": "bids",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 2
}
]
},
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-FTS-142676",
"name": "North Northamptonshire Council"
},
"contracts": [
{
"awardID": "013136-2025-1",
"dateSigned": "2025-03-06T00:00:00Z",
"id": "013136-2025-1",
"status": "active",
"value": {
"amount": 480000,
"currency": "GBP"
}
}
],
"date": "2025-04-04T15:00:29+01:00",
"id": "013136-2025",
"initiationType": "tender",
"language": "en",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-04fd74",
"parties": [
{
"address": {
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"locality": "Corby",
"postalCode": "NN171QG",
"region": "UKF25",
"streetAddress": "The Corby Cube, George Street"
},
"contactPoint": {
"email": "Procurement@northnorthants.gov.uk"
},
"details": {
"classifications": [
{
"description": "Regional or local authority",
"id": "REGIONAL_AUTHORITY",
"scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE"
},
{
"description": "General public services",
"id": "01",
"scheme": "COFOG"
}
],
"url": "http://www.northnorthants.gov.uk"
},
"id": "GB-FTS-142676",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "North Northamptonshire Council",
"noIdentifierRationale": "notOnAnyRegister"
},
"name": "North Northamptonshire Council",
"roles": [
"buyer"
]
},
{
"address": {
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"locality": "Wellingborough",
"postalCode": "NN8 1HR",
"region": "UKF25",
"streetAddress": "Victoria Centre, 46 - 50 Palk Road"
},
"details": {
"scale": "sme"
},
"id": "GB-CHC-1161753",
"identifier": {
"id": "1161753",
"legalName": "Support Northamptonshire",
"scheme": "GB-CHC"
},
"name": "Support Northamptonshire",
"roles": [
"supplier"
]
},
{
"address": {
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"locality": "London",
"postalCode": "WC2A 2LL",
"streetAddress": "Strand London"
},
"id": "GB-FTS-143032",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "High Court of England and Wales Royal Court of Justice"
},
"name": "High Court of England and Wales Royal Court of Justice",
"roles": [
"reviewBody"
]
}
],
"tag": [
"award",
"contract"
],
"tender": {
"classification": {
"description": "Health and social work services",
"id": "85000000",
"scheme": "CPV"
},
"description": "North Northamptonshire Council invited providers to express their interest for Healthwatch Services.\nThe Health \u0026 Social Care Act 2012 mandates that top-tier authorities commission Healthwatch locally, positioning it as the primary public champion for both local health and social care systems. Healthwatch plays a crucial role in monitoring the quality of local services, gathering public views and experiences, and influencing service provision. It mirrors this role nationally through its relationship with Healthwatch England and the CQC.\nThe expression of interest process for this recommissioning occurs amidst economic challenges and local change, where public input will be essential in shaping the future direction of services. Healthwatch\u0027s role as an independent public voice is critical to this process. The successful bidder will need to outline consultation methods to identify future priorities, ensuring that Healthwatch remains a valuable resource for the local community.\nThe Provider is expected to focus on the eight core statutory functions of Healthwatch. Emphasis should be placed on maximising public-facing services through a robust delivery model that leverages existing networks and partnerships for optimal reach and impact.\nLocal authorities are accountable for commissioning the following eight core statutory activities: \n1.\tPromoting and supporting the involvement of people in the commissioning, the provision, and scrutiny of local care services. \n2.\tEnabling people to monitor the standard of provision of local care services, whether and how local care services could and ought to be improved. \n3.\tObtaining the views of people regarding their need for, and experiences of, local care services and to make these views known to those responsible for commissioning, providing, managing, or scrutinising local care services to Healthwatch England.\n4.\tMaking reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved. These are usually directed to commissioners and Provider of care services and people responsible for managing or scrutinising local care services and shared with Healthwatch England.\n5.\tProviding advice and information about access to local care services so people can make choices about this service. \n6.\tFormulating views on the standard of provision and whether and how the local care services could and ought to be improved and sharing these views with Healthwatch England. (See Sharing information with Healthwatch England) \n7.\tMaking recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to conduct special reviews or investigations (or, where the circumstances justify doing so, making recommendations direct to CQC); and to make recommendations to Healthwatch England to publish reports about issues. \n8.\tProviding Healthwatch England with the intelligence and insight it needs to enable it to perform effectively. Whilst ensuring the arrangements are \"effective\" and \"represent value for money\", and to publish a report in relation to their findings on provision in their area.",
"id": "NNC00000560",
"items": [
{
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"description": "Health and social work services",
"id": "85000000",
"scheme": "CPV"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UKF25"
}
],
"id": "1",
"relatedLot": "1"
}
],
"legalBasis": {
"id": "32014L0024",
"scheme": "CELEX"
},
"lots": [
{
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"description": "70%",
"name": "Quality",
"type": "quality"
},
{
"description": "30%",
"type": "price"
}
]
},
"description": "The Health \u0026 Social Care Act 2012 mandates that top-tier authorities commission Healthwatch locally, positioning it as the primary public champion for both local health and social care systems. Healthwatch plays a crucial role in monitoring the quality of local services, gathering public views and experiences, and influencing service provision. It mirrors this role nationally through its relationship with Healthwatch England and the CQC.\nThe expression of interest process for this recommissioning occurs amidst economic challenges and local change, where public input will be essential in shaping the future direction of services. Healthwatch\u0027s role as an independent public voice is critical to this process. The successful bidder will need to outline consultation methods to identify future priorities, ensuring that Healthwatch remains a valuable resource for the local community.\nThe Provider is expected to focus on the eight core statutory functions of Healthwatch. Emphasis should be placed on maximising public-facing services through a robust delivery model that leverages existing networks and partnerships for optimal reach and impact.\nLocal authorities are accountable for commissioning the following eight core statutory activities: \n1.\tPromoting and supporting the involvement of people in the commissioning, the provision, and scrutiny of local care services. \n2.\tEnabling people to monitor the standard of provision of local care services, whether and how local care services could and ought to be improved. \n3.\tObtaining the views of people regarding their need for, and experiences of, local care services and to make these views known to those responsible for commissioning, providing, managing, or scrutinising local care services to Healthwatch England.\n4.\tMaking reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved. These are usually directed to commissioners and Provider of care services and people responsible for managing or scrutinising local care services and shared with Healthwatch England.\n5.\tProviding advice and information about access to local care services so people can make choices about this service. \n6.\tFormulating views on the standard of provision and whether and how the local care services could and ought to be improved and sharing these views with Healthwatch England. (See Sharing information with Healthwatch England) \n7.\tMaking recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to conduct special reviews or investigations (or, where the circumstances justify doing so, making recommendations direct to CQC); and to make recommendations to Healthwatch England to publish reports about issues. \n8.\tProviding Healthwatch England with the intelligence and insight it needs to enable it to perform effectively. Whilst ensuring the arrangements are \"effective\" and \"represent value for money\", and to publish a report in relation to their findings on provision in their area.",
"hasOptions": true,
"id": "1",
"options": {
"description": "Contract for an initial period of 36 months with the preferred Potential Supplier, with an option to extend for 12 months, making 48 months in total. \nPlease note this contract is dependent on year-on-year funding."
},
"status": "cancelled"
}
],
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"procurementMethod": "limited",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition",
"procurementMethodRationale": "The value of the contract is below Light Touch Regime for Services Threshold \u00a3663,540.",
"procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
{
"description": "The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive",
"id": "D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE",
"scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL"
}
],
"status": "complete",
"title": "Expression Of Interest Healthwatch North Northamptonshire Council (NNC)"
}
}