HCC - 06/23 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (PPME) for the provision of User Voice

Concepts

• health and social work
• hertford
• user voice
• user voicethe council
• provision of user voicethe council
• provision of user voice
• ppme
• hertfordshire county council
• 23 - pre-procurement market engagement
• resultant procurement process.the council

Location

Hertfordshire:

Description

The user voice and Healthwatch Hertfordshire voluntary sector contracts deliver a range of services to support the development of equal working partnerships between people who have experience of using care services (people with lived experience), carers and paid officers; bringing together different ways of seeing things, knowledge and experience to design and help make services better.

Total Quantity or Scope

Hertfordshire County Council (the "Council") is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement for the provision of User VoiceThe Council is seeking input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping any future opportunity for contracts. This input will help inform any resultant procurement process.The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in this PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council.Further information can be found within the attached documentation. You are invited to submit a completed questionnaire by 12 noon on 1st August 2023

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Other Information

The contracts play a fundamental role in ensuring that individuals can be enabled to speak up on behalf of themselves and others.Please log in to https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home to review the PPME Document for full details ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** In order to participate in this PPME, organisations must submit their completed Supplier Questionnaire, together with any supporting documents, through the In-Tend system by the return deadline of 12.00 Noon 1st August 2023Please make sure that you have submitted your Supplier Questionnaire following the instructions above. The Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their Supplier Questionnaire. The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council.If you are experiencing problems In-Tend offer a help section which includes a dedicated UK support desk which can be contacted via email: support@in-tend.co.uk or Telephone: +44 1144070065 for any website/technical questions, Monday to Friday, 8:30-17:00.