Official UK procurement notice
Be Well Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service provides 'social prescribing' interventions for people in Manchester who have one or more long term conditions and/or whose social circumstances place them at risk of developing long-term conditions or becoming frequent users of health and care services in the future.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Manchester City Council Public Health Department is looking to enter into a contract…Awarded
Manchester City Council Public Health Department is looking to enter into a contract for a social prescribing service in Manchester. The service provides social prescribing interventions for people in Manchester who have one or more long term conditions and/or whose social circumstances place them at risk of developing long-term conditions or becoming frequent users of health and care services in the future. Its focus is on connecting people to community-based sources of social and non-medical support, which includes time-limited one-to-one support where required.
Manchester City Council is intending to award the contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The contract is for three years running from April 2025 to March 2028.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Apr 2025, 15:33 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Apr 2025, 15:33 BST
- Authority reference
P0356- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016003- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050519Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 1 May 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 1 May 2025 by email to procurement@manchester.gov.uk. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.' The award decision-makers are officers in the Department of Public Health at Manchester City Council. No conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision were declared. In its decision-making, the Council considered the following key criteria in its assessment: - Quality and Innovation (20%) - Value (20%) - Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability (20%) - Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice (20%) - Social Value (20%) In its assessment against the Key Criteria, the decision-makers conducted a review of the service provided under the current contract as well as submissions from the existing provider regarding the future contract. Based on the assessment, the decision makers concluded the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Life GroupVCSE | £9,696,021 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Be Well Service · The Big Life GroupVCSE
- Signed
- 17 Apr 2025
- Value
- £9,696,021
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Big Life CentresAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.