Health and social work services

Tender description

This contract consists of 2 Lots which cover two sets of activities which were combined into 1 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 1 965 930 GBP 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 0 and 1 187 146 GBP 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.