Published date: 29 October 2021
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£682,920.80
Procurement reference
TOWER001-DN572512-98197496
Published date
29 October 2021
Closing date
29 November 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 April 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is inviting tenders for the provision of a Healthwatch service in the borough from suitably qualified and experienced providers. The Authority is seeking to award a contract under the Light Touch Regime - Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires each local authority to have in place a local Healthwatch organisation
Tower Hamlets Council is committed to ensuring our local Healthwatch can be an effective consumer champion for our residents and make a difference through contributing and achieving improvements in the borough's health and care system. The Council has agreed a refined service model for Healthwatch Tower Hamlets (HWTH) which draws on best practice and builds on the local achievements of our current provider.
Going forward, HWTH will:
• Carry out the statutory functions;
• Be a representative corporate body, embedded in local communities;
• Engage, involve and proactively reach out to the full range of diverse communities in Tower Hamlets, enabling residents to have their voices heard;
• Act as local consumer champion representing the collective voice of local people (meaning patients, service users, carers and the public), on the borough's Health and Wellbeing Board;
• Develop robust partnerships with key health and social care stakeholders with a view of contributing towards positive outcomes for the residents
• Have real influence with commissioners, providers, regulators and Healthwatch England using their knowledge of what matters to local people; and
• Achieve tangible changes/ improvements (both small-scale and strategic) to local health and social services, through holding the system to account and identifying solutions to problems
The contract period is for 24 months with an option to extend for up to a further 24 months.
The anticipated contract start date is 1st April 2022.
About the buyer
Address
Mulberry Place
London
E14 2BG
England
procurement@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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