Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Ground Floor, 15 Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5JD
UK
Contact person: Joe Varghese
E-mail: joe.varghese@nhs.net
NUTS: UKI32
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.clch.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.clch.nhs.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: NHS
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Confidential Staff Liaison and Freedom To Speak Up Service
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85312300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The key aim of this tender is to seek formal proposals from experienced service providers to supply an independent Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service for CLCH and its staff across all CLCH sites.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
421 701.71
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85312300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Open Tender will be conducted with a Supplier Questionnaire. The evaluation criteria and their respective weightings are as follows:<br/><br/>Quality and Service Provision: 60%<br/>Financial/Value for Money: 30%<br/>Social Value: 10%<br/>Total: 100%
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Tender Quality Questions
/ Weighting: 60
Quality criterion: Tender Social Value Questions
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Tender Pricing
/ Weighting: 30
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-006330
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/10/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Guardian Service Ltd
09030131
8 Devonshire Square London EC2M 4PL
London
EC2M 4PL
UK
E-mail: contact@theguardianservice.co.uk
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 421 701.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The High Court
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/11/2025