Scope
Reference
2025/06/FT
Description
Healthy Urban Places (HUP) at The University of Liverpool (UoL) is seeking a community-based organisation (or organisations) experienced in community engagement, and with established community networks, to collaborate and contribute to "Community Collaboratives" and support the delivery of research for the Healthy Urban Places (HUP) programme.
HUP is exploring how and why local environments (e.g. housing, local amenities, access to jobs, availability of community or social spaces, the way decisions are made or resources invested) influence people's health and inequalities, through research with communities and local stakeholders. HUP is establishing a 'Community Collaboratives' that brings together communities, researchers and decision-makers in Liverpool and our sister site, Bradford.
Community-based organisations will coordinate community-led research activities in their area and engage local communities and stakeholders. HUP researchers will provide training on research skills and actively support community organisations to co-produce meaningful research and identify priorities about what makes a healthy place, with the aim influencing place-based changes by sharing these with local, regional and national decision-makers.
The tender will be structured into four Lots based on the local area that the research activities will be undertaken in:
Lot 1: Toxteth
Lot 2: Speke
Lot 3: Croxteth
Lot 4: Dock Branch (Birkenhead)
The work will be conducted in five work phases, each approximately 6 months. These five phases are:
Phase 1 - Start-up
Phase 2 - Initial Research
Phase 3 - Reflect
Phase 4 - Further Research
Phase 5 - Impact
The resulting contract will be 30 months, with the option to extend for 3 months.
Total value (estimated)
- £245,000 including VAT
Contract dates (estimated)
- 26 May 2025 to 25 November 2027
- Possible extension to 25 February 2028
- 2 years, 9 months
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 73110000 - Research services
- 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development
Contract locations
- UKD7 - Merseyside
Engagement
Engagement deadline
13 March 2025
Engagement process description
The University of Liverpool intends to undertake a competitive exercise for the provision of Healthy Urban Places: Community Partnership for Research. This notice serves to inform the market that it is seeking expressions of interest from organisations in advance of this tender. To notify us of your expression of interest, please contact:
Faye Taylor
Category Manager
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Participation
Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
14 March 2025
Contracting authority
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
- Companies House: RC000660
Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill
Liverpool
L69 7ZX
United Kingdom
Contact name: Faye Taylor
Email: ftay0206@liverpool.ac.uk
Region: UKD72 - Liverpool
Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)