Contract award · 9 Dec 2024

Health Improvement Service

Plymouth City Council awarded “Health Improvement Service” to Livewell South West for £5.44m on 9 Dec 2024. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careSouth West

Value £5.44m

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Plymouth City Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£5,443,800
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date9 Dec 2024
  2. Published27 Dec 2024Published 18 days after the contract date

Description

This procurement is being conducted in accordance with the direct award process C (Part 2 (9)) of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Meets test for PSR. Term of existing contract to expire. Livewell Southwest is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard, operating in collaboration with its specified partners. The key criteria was equally weighted and prioritised. The provider was assessed against the 5 key criteria on the basis of a narrative assessment completed by the public health team, taking account of held contract management information, including performance data and outcome measures. The provider was asked to submit costing and costing forecast. Publicly held information was used to benchmark cost and service provision. It was also accessed to evidence inspection reports and relevant actions. Knowledge and experience of working with the provider was applied to each category. The …

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Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
19 Mar 2025 Livewell Southwest SME £5.44m

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