ClosedHealth and social care

Market Sounding Exercise: Healthwatch[E11]

Leeds, United KingdomLeeds City Council[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Leeds City Council is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver local Healthwatch services in Leeds. The Healthwatch service in Leeds helps people get the best out of their local health and social care services; whether it's improving them today or helping to shape them for tomorrow.
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 4 Jun 2025, 12:00 UTC+1. UTC: 4 Jun 2025, 11:00 UTC.
Published 13 May 2025.
Value: GBP 374,400
Buyer: Leeds City CouncilSee what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab) ↗
Tender documents: The tender documents for this notice are on the buyer's own portal, usually behind a free supplier registration. We link to them and do not fetch them, so the report is based on the notice only.

This opportunity is closed and its deadline has passed. Reports are not available for it.

Deadline[E4]: 4 Jun 2025, 12:00 UTC+1
Value[E12]: GBP 374,400
Published[E9]: 13 May 2025
Procedure[E8]: Not applicable
Source: UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 36 minutes ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Leeds City Council is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver local Healthwatch services in Leeds. The Healthwatch service in Leeds helps people get the best out of their local health and social care services; whether it's improving them today or helping to shape them for tomorrow. The Health and Care Act gives Healthwatch the right to scrutinise the system and challenge health and care organisations to ensure they engage with local communities and meet their needs. Local Healthwatch have a dual role in holding to account, acting as a 'Critical Friend' both of which require building and maintaining relationships and developing effective behaviours[E5]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery location: Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom.[E6]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC
The deadline (2025-06-04T11:00:00.000Z) has passed.
Source document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920

Evidence

12 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is Leeds City Council.
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 85000000 (Health and social work services).
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.
“ENG”
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Tenders must be submitted by 4 Jun 2025, 12:00 UTC+01:00.
“2025-06-04T12:00:00+01:00”
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“Leeds City Council is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver local Healthwatch services in Leeds. The Healthwatch service in Leeds helps people get the best out o…”
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery location: Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom.
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.
“tender”
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procedure is: Not applicable.
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 13 May 2025.
“2025-05-13T11:12:25+01:00”
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Market Sounding Exercise: Healthwatch".
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
The stated value is GBP 374,400.
“374400 GBP”
Document 555e666c-7958-4940-8cd1-e05f800f5278-844920, field /tender/value/amount, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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