CP1321-16 Healthwatch and Local Engagement

Tender description

This contract consists of 2 Lots which cover two sets of activities which were combined into one single Healthwatch Devon contract from March 2013 until April 2017. Those activities are the Healthwatch Devon statutory health and social care consumer voice role (Lot 1) and the now separate local health and social care engagement function (Lot 2). The estimated total value for Lot 1 is GBP 1 965 930 for the five (5) years of the contract. The local engagement service (Lot 2) has no set contract value as there is no guarantee of business, but value will be between GBP 0 and GBP 1 187 146 for the five (5) years of the contract. Healthwatch is a statutory function that was mandated by central government. The statutory function is there to act as a consumer voice for all aspects of health and social care. Healthwatch Devon statutory health and social care consumer voice role (Lot 1) is solely commissioned by DCC. The local health and social care engagement function (Lot 2) is jointly commissioned by DCC, NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group. AVAILABILITY OF TENDER DOCS Devon County Council is providing the tender documents in PDF format within this Business Opportunities Area of the Supplying the South West e-Tendering Portal (ProContract), in order to give potential Applicants unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the tender documents. NOTE: The tender documents within the Business Opportunities Area of the Portal are for information only and must not be used by Applicants to submit their tender response. Applicants should note that any information considered by the Authority to be of a confidential nature will not be included within the publicly available documents. NOTE: Only Applicants who have registered an interest will be notified of any updates or changes to this tender opportunity and the associated tender documents. Keywords: Consumer voice, Health, Healthwatch, Social care, Engagement