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Awarded· 9 Dec 2024

Health Improvement Service

Plymouth City Council · Plymouth, South West

Plymouth City Council has awarded Health Improvement Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Plymouth.

Source: Find a Tender, published 17 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2024

    Contract awarded

  2. 2024

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 13:29

    View notice
  3. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 09:18

    View notice
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About this tender

In brief

Plymouth City Council has awarded Health Improvement Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Plymouth. It was awarded on 9 December 2024. The contract value is £5,443,800.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 17 April 2025. The notice number is 015776-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04cd05.

Summary of the contracting process

Plymouth City Council has awarded a contract for a Health Improvement Service to Livewell Southwest. The service will operate mainly in Plymouth and falls under the Community Health Services category. The contracting process followed a direct award procedure without prior competition, in accordance with The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

The contract runs from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2028, with an option to extend for an additional two years. The council made the intention to award decision on 9th December 2024, and an eight working day standstill period followed before the contract was signed on 19th March 2025. The procurement value is approximately £5.4 million GBP.

The notice in full

Health Improvement Service - enable and support people, according to their needs and preferences, to make lifestyle improvements and includes smoking cessation, tier 1 and 2 weight management, physical activity interventions and brief interventions for alcohol.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    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 basic criteria was assessed as met as per https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252613/schedule/16 The intention to award decision has been made by Plymouth City Council Cabinet Committee on 9th December 2024 for a contract with the existing service provider from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2028 with one options to extend for two years.

    Following publication of this Intention to Award Notice an 8 working day standstill will be observed in accordance with Part 2 (12) of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Additional information: The Contract Award Decision has been made by Plymouth City Council Cabinet to award the service to Livewell Southwest from 1st April 2025 to 31st 2028 with one option to extend for 2 years.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Number of suppliers
2

Procedure

Notice type
Award Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large

Values

Contracts value
£5,443,800

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
015776-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cd05
CPV code
85323000 - Community health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

Plymouth City Council is based in Plymouth. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Plymouth
Town
Plymouth
Postcode
PL6 5DH
Electoral ward
Budshead
Constituency
Plymouth Moor View
Delivery area
Plymouth
Region
South West
Sub-region
Plymouth
Area
Devon
Country
England
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Buyer

Contracting authority

Organisation
Plymouth City Council
Category
Services
Contact
Mrs Beatrice Yarde
Phone
+44 1752307938
Address
Plymouth, PL6 5DH · South West · England
Call +44 1752307938
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about Health Improvement Service

Who won the Health Improvement Service contract?

The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.

How much is the Health Improvement Service contract worth?

The contract value is £5,443,800.

Who is the buyer for Health Improvement Service?

Plymouth City Council, based in Plymouth, South West. The named contact is Mrs Beatrice Yarde, on +44 1752307938.

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