Healthwatch Essex Core Service

Essex County Council
East of England
1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029

Delivery of statutory Healthwatch responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, including promoting local people's involvement in health and social care commissioning, gathering patient experiences, providing independent advice, making recommendations to Healthwatch England and the CQC, and increasing engagement with diverse and under-represented communities.

Open the official notice

Closed· 4 September 2026

Estimated value: £656k; Buyer estimate
Published: 14 August 2026
Deadline: 4 September 2026; Closed
Contract length: 24 months; Ends 31 March 2029

What the contract covers

Grant funding arrangement / service contract

Provision of local Healthwatch advocacy, community engagement, and social care consumer champion services for residents.

Promoting and supporting the involvement of local people in the commissioning, provision and scrutiny of local care services.
Enabling local people to monitor the standard of provision of local care services and whether and how local care services could and ought to be improved.
Obtaining the views of local people regarding their needs for, and experiences of, local care services and importantly to make these views known.
Making reports and recommendations about how local care services could or ought to be improved.
Providing advice and information about access to local care services so choices can be made about local care services.
Formulating views on the standard of provision and whether and how the local care services could and ought to be improved, and to share these views with Healthwatch England.
Making recommendations to Healthwatch England to advise the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to conduct special reviews or investigations.
Providing Healthwatch England with intelligence and insight to enable it to perform effectively.

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Grant funding arrangement / service contract
Contract dates: 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 85000000

Services in this tender

Local Healthwatch servicesMain service£619k typicalStatutory local Healthwatch core service for Essex

Lifecycle

Published
14 August 2026
Deadline for bidsClosed
4 September 2026
Contract awardedUsually published within a few months
Contract starts
1 April 2027

The buyer

Essex County Council

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Cite this tender

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/3854498/healthwatch-essex-core-service
Buyer reference: A027PA
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e42a
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Essex County Council. Healthwatch Essex Core Service. Tender, 14 August 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3854498/healthwatch-essex-core-service (accessed 5 November 2026).