Coming up· published 10 Jul 2025
CP2636-25 The Provision of Healthwatch and Local Engagement in the County of Devon
Devon County Council · Exeter, South West
Devon County Council is planning CP2636-25 The Provision of Healthwatch and Local Engagement in the County of Devon. It is a contract for other health and social care in Exeter.
Source: Find a Tender, published 10 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 14:35
View notice2025
Pipeline notice updated
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 12:06
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2032
Contract ends
6 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Devon County Council is planning CP2636-25 The Provision of Healthwatch and Local Engagement in the County of Devon. It is a contract for other health and social care in Exeter. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 2 April 2032. It lasts 6 years.
Find a Tender published it on 10 July 2025. The notice number is 038934-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05123c.
Summary of the contracting process
Devon County Council, in collaboration with Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council, and NHS Devon ICB, is in the planning stage for the upcoming procurement titled "CP2636-25 The Provision of Healthwatch and Local Engagement in the County of Devon." This tender focuses on health services within the Devon Sustainable Transformation Partnership footprint and falls under the services category.
The planned contracts include Local Healthwatch and Local Health and Social Care Engagement, scheduled to start on 1st April 2026. Although there has been a planning update as of July 2025, key milestones and engagement arrangements date back to May 2025, with final agreement expected to be confirmed by the contracting authorities by the 23rd of May 2025.
Organisations with strategic partnerships or services tailored to regional healthcare systems could benefit from participating in this tender, aligning with Devon County Council’s broader regional strategy.
The notice in full
Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council and NHS Devon ICB are commissioning for a contract for Local Healthwatch and a Local Engagement Service within the Devon STP footprint. This procurement has been developed in collaboration with the three Local Authorities and NHS Devon ICB. Lot 1 - Local Healthwatch for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay (Statutory Health and Social Care Consumer Voice).
This will be Commissioned by the 3 local authorities with input from the ICB. Lot 2 - Local Health and Social Care Engagement. This will be Commissioned by Devon and the ICB.
This will be arranged on a 'call off purchase', issue-by-issue basis, with no guarantee of volume of business.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 31 Mar 2026 to 2 Apr 2032 (6 years)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 038934-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05123c
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Exeter
- Town
- Exeter
- Postcode
- EX2 4QD
- Electoral ward
- Newtown and St Leonard's
- Constituency
- Exeter
- Delivery area
- South West (England)
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Devon CC
- Area
- Devon
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Devon County Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Miss Olivia Stevens
- Phone
- +44 1392383000
- Address
- Exeter, EX2 4QD · South West · England
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038934-2025
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020929-2025
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05123c (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about this tender
When will the CP2636-25 The Provision of Healthwatch and Local Engagement in the County of… tender open?
Devon County Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How long is the CP2636-25 The Provision of Healthwatch and Local Engagement in the County of… contract?
The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 2 April 2032 (6 years).
Who is the buyer for CP2636-25 The Provision of Healthwatch and Local Engagement in the County of…?
Devon County Council, based in Exeter, South West. The named contact is Miss Olivia Stevens, on +44 1392383000.
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