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Published 12 Feb 2026, 12:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Community Health and Wellbeing Champions

Official notice

Authority: Stockton on Tees Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£330,000≈ £165k / year · £330,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 15 Mar 2026awarded 15 Apr 2026
Awarded to Pioneering Care Partnership
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Stockton Community Health and Wellbeing Champions (SCHWC) are individuals who operate as part of our community asset-based approach. They help connect our communities and represent them in our collective work to improve health and wellbeing and to address health inequalities. Through their relationships with and their understanding of our diverse communities, they are a crucial part of our system:

  • helping to inform and shape priorities
  • implementing and developing evidence-based approaches and interventions
  • co-producing models of support
  • gathering and sharing intelligence from within communities around health and wellbeing and health-seeking behaviours
  • helping to co-design and share messaging and information
  • improving access to support.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£330,000
Contract period: 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Jun 2029 with extensionsValue: £330,000 exc. VAT · £330,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension will be taken provided that satisfactory performance is delivered during the initial term
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    No Legal, Financial or Technical ability conditions of participation are allowed, as this is a below-threshold covered procurement

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: 1. Service Delivery Model = 15% 2. Identifying and Prioritising Local Need = 20% 3. Service Management and Workforce = 10% 4. Mobilisation and Implementation = 15% 5. Outcomes, Impact and Performance = 15% 6. Value for Money and Sustainability = 15%

Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    No Legal, Financial or Technical ability conditions of participation are allowed, as this is a below-threshold covered procurement

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Feb 2026, 12:54 GMT
Last source update
10 Jun 2026, 13:30 BST
Authority reference
OPEN2026279
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-012872
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North East (UKC11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064eff Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: OPEN-UK
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
15 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Clarification deadline
6 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Via the NEPO OPEN Procurement Portal open-uk.org ↗

Timeline

12 Feb 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published256 days ago
    12 Feb 2026, 12:54 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by234 days ago
    6 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline225 days ago
    15 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Latest notice published138 days ago
    10 Jun 2026, 13:30 BST
  5. Contract starts118 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Feb 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    12 Feb 2026, 12:54 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    10 Jun 2026, 13:30 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    10 Jun 2026, 13:30 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    12 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £330,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Pioneering Care Partnership1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2029Extensions: 1 x optional 12 month extension based on satisfactory delivery of the contract£330,00015 Apr 2026Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one33—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Stockton on Tees Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCVQ-6435-GNMW Dunedin House, Columbia Drive, Thornaby, Stockton on Tees, North East, TS17 6BJContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • PIONEERING CARE PARTNERSHIPAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03491237GB-PPON: PGRD-7691-XWGJ Pioneering Care Centre, Newton Aycliffe, North East, DL5 4SFContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender