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Published 20 Feb 2025, 15:28 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Confidential Staff Liaison and Freedom To Speak Up Service

Official notice

Authority: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£350,000exc. VAT20.5% above first published estimate
Awarded 9 Oct 2025
Awarded to The Guardian Service Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The key aim of this tender is to seek formal proposals from experienced service providers to supply an independent Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service for CLCH and its staff across all CLCH sites.

CPV: Guidance and counselling services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This Open Tender will be conducted with a Supplier QuestionnaireAwarded

This Open Tender will be conducted with a Supplier Questionnaire. The evaluation criteria and their respective weightings are as follows:<br/><br/>Quality and Service Provision: 60%<br/>Financial/Value for Money: 30%<br/>Social Value: 10%<br/>Total: 100%

Delivery: London

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
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Tender Quality Questions: 60%
  • Tender Pricing: 30%
  • Tender Social Value Questions: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Tender Quality Questions: 60
  • Tender Social Value Questions: 10
  • Tender Pricing: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Feb 2025, 15:28 GMT
Last source update
18 Nov 2025, 12:39 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-074743
Classification (CPV)
Guidance and counselling services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e547 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 Feb 2025 → 18 Nov 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    20 Feb 2025
  2. Notice published344 days ago
    18 Nov 2025, 12:39 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Nov 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Nov 2025, 12:39 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    18 Nov 2025, 12:39 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £421,7011 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Guardian Service LtdSME£421,701 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNHSHealth Ground Floor, 15 Marylebone Road, London, London, NW1 5JDContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtMediation bodyReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • The Guardian Service LtdAwarded supplier09030131 8 Devonshire Square London EC2M 4PL, London, UK, EC2M 4PLContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.