Cumbria County Council as the upper tier local authority in Cumbria wishes to procure a Local Healthwatch organisation for Cumbria by 1.4.2013 that will:1. Provide information and advice to people across Cumbria about accessing health and social care ...
Contract award notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Cumbria County Council
Corporate Procurement, Parkhouse Building, Kingmoor Park
For the attention of: Abi Lindsay
CA6 4SJ Carlisle
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 7785592879
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.cumbria.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.the-chest.org.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
General public services
Public order and safety
Environment
Economic and financial affairs
Recreation, culture and religion
Education
Public order and safety
Environment
Economic and financial affairs
Recreation, culture and religion
Education
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Healthwatch Cumbria
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Cumbria.
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Cumbria.
NUTS code UKD1
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Cumbria County Council as the upper tier local authority in Cumbria wishes to procure a Local Healthwatch organisation for Cumbria by 1.4.2013 that will:
1. Provide information and advice to people across Cumbria about accessing health and social care services and choice in relation to aspects of those services.
2. Make the views and experiences of people known to Healthwatch England helping it to carry out its role as national champion.
3. Make recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to carry out a special review or investigations into areas of concern (or, if the circumstances justify it, go straight to the CQC with their recommendations, for example if urgent action were required by the CQC).
4. Promote and support the involvement of local people in the monitoring, commissioning and provision of local care services.
5. Obtain the views of people about their needs for and experience of local care services and make those known to those involved in the commissioning, provision and scrutiny of care services.
6. Make reports and make recommendations about how those services could be improved.
1. Provide information and advice to people across Cumbria about accessing health and social care services and choice in relation to aspects of those services.
2. Make the views and experiences of people known to Healthwatch England helping it to carry out its role as national champion.
3. Make recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to carry out a special review or investigations into areas of concern (or, if the circumstances justify it, go straight to the CQC with their recommendations, for example if urgent action were required by the CQC).
4. Promote and support the involvement of local people in the monitoring, commissioning and provision of local care services.
5. Obtain the views of people about their needs for and experience of local care services and make those known to those involved in the commissioning, provision and scrutiny of care services.
6. Make reports and make recommendations about how those services could be improved.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85000000
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
Section V: Award of contract
Lot title: Healthwatch CumbriaV.1)Date of contract award decision:
14.1.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 4
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
People First
4-8 Oxford Street
CA14 2AH Workington
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
If annual or monthly value:
Number of months: 36
Number of months: 36
V.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Cumbria County Council
The Courts
CA3 8NA Carlisle
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 1228221745
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
24.1.2013