# Provision for a Local Healthwatch Service - AWARD

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council](/buyers/sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Engaging Communities Staffordshire
- Award value: £0
- Award date: 22 January 2019
- Published: 28 March 2019
- Contract start: 1 April 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 07b86e20-933f-4d31-bf07-5a33b189506b-279028
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-454a19e4-b0f1-462f-8de2-aabb9afde180

## Description

Sandwell MBC wishes to commission a local Healthwatch organisation in accordance with all relevant legislation and as summarised in the February 2014 guidance from Healthwatch England 'Understanding the Legislation: An overview of the legal requirements for local Healthwatch'\. Healthwatch Sandwell will be a body corporate which is a social enterprise and will use the Healthwatch trademark under licence from Healthwatch England in relation to its activities\. Healthwatch Sandwell will be influential in the health and social care 'landscape' in Sandwell and will have productive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across the county including, but not limited to, the local authority, health bodies, GP practices, patient and service user representative groups, service providers, voluntary and community groups and organisations and the public\. Healthwatch Sandwell will have mutually beneficial strategic and operational relationships with neighbouring local Healthwatch and other local organisations as appropriate\. The Tender Document\(s\) will be made available to suppliers who Express Interest on the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Tendering Portal\. To access the portal please click the following link https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/sandwellmbc You will be required to log into an existing account or register a new one\. Once logged in, from the top menu bar click on 'Tenders' to list all the current opportunities\. Once you have found the relevant opportunity you should click on 'View Details' in order to Express Interest\. Closing date for submission of Tenders is 22 November 2018, 12:00pm\.

## Related contract awards

- [Media Workshop - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-799a0b55-a042-4e77-9fcc-a33d7ade82af): Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
- [Starting your Tax Journey 2026 - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7cbcb1a4-ef38-4324-bd5b-93acbd0aec85): Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
- [Quotation for Site Stabilisation Works at the Location of Stanhope Road, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cd0087d2-3462-4a10-b894-2be988078e86): Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
- [Healthwatch Service](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-546ae3b0-6133-436d-8fdf-35cff978dab0): Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- [Invitation to Tender for the Provision of an Integrated Healthwatch and NHS Complaints Advocacy Service](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b253af4d-03a7-440e-b898-2b11e7b3c9af): Warrington Borough Council
- [WP3156 - Delivery of a Local Healthwatch for Walsall - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6bb0f451-0315-44fc-9aaf-887b5c0281cb): Walsall Council e-Tendering

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/07b86e20-933f-4d31-bf07-5a33b189506b-279028)