Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Liverpool City Council
4th Floor, Cunard Building
Liverpool
L3 1DS
UK
Contact person: Ms Karishma Sheikh
Telephone: +44 1513512181
E-mail: Karishma.sheikh@liverpool.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD72
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.liverpool.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.liverpool.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Healthwatch Liverpool
Reference number: DN681059
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The contracts will provide statutory services. Healthwatch England is the national consumer
champion in health and care. They have significant statutory powers to ensure the voice of
the consumer is strengthened and heard by those who commission, deliver and regulate
health and care services.
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 introduced a statutory duty for Local Authorities to
make arrangements for a local Healthwatch to be the Health and social care consumer
champion, this replaced the Local Involvement Networks (LINk’s)
The main service requirement is to provide a local Healthwatch service in line with all the
relevant legislation. There is also a strong argument to strengthen the role of Healthwatch to
provide the information and advice about NHS and social care services to ensure best value
for money.
There will also be a requirement to update and manage the data on the Live Well Liverpool
data base and the specific directories that data subsequently feeds.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 046 295.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD72
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The main service requirement is to provide a local Healthwatch service in line with all the
relevant legislation. There is also a strong argument to strengthen the role of Healthwatch to
provide the information and advice about NHS and social care services to ensure best value
for money.
There will also be a requirement to update and manage the data on the Live Well Liverpool
data base and the specific directories that data subsequently feeds.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-031626
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DN681059/ PR376
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/03/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Liverpool Advocacy Rights Information Development and Equality CIC (Laridae CIC)
51 Dale Street
Liverpool
L2 2AH
UK
Telephone: +44 3007777007
E-mail: enquiries@healthwatchliverpool.co.uk
NUTS: UKD72
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 046 295.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/04/2024