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.
Healthy Urban Places, funded by UK Research and Innovation and part of Population Health Improvement UK, 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: Birkenhead
The work will be conducted in five work phase. 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.
The estimated maximum contract value per Lot is £57,000.
The current total contract including any extension for all four Lots is £228,000.
There is the possibility of a further £17,000 in additional funding, which is reflected in the stated Contract Value, however this has not yet been confirmed.
Total value (estimated)
- £245,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 26 May 2025 to 25 November 2027
- 2 years, 6 months
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 73110000 - Research services
- 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development
Lot LOT-0001. Lot 1
Description
Toxteth
Lot value (estimated)
- £0 excluding VAT
- £0 including VAT
Same for all lots
CPV classifications and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.
Lot LOT-0002. Lot 2
Description
Speke
Lot value (estimated)
- £0 excluding VAT
- £0 including VAT
Same for all lots
CPV classifications and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.
Lot LOT-0003. Lot 3
Description
Croxteth
Lot value (estimated)
- £0 excluding VAT
- £0 including VAT
Same for all lots
CPV classifications and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.
Lot LOT-0004. Lot 4
Description
Birkenhead
Lot value (estimated)
- £0 excluding VAT
- £0 including VAT
Same for all lots
CPV classifications and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.
Participation
Particular suitability
Lot LOT-0001. Lot 1
Lot LOT-0002. Lot 2
Lot LOT-0003. Lot 3
Lot LOT-0004. Lot 4
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Submission
Submission type
Tenders
Tender submission deadline
22 April 2025, 1:00pm
Submission address and any special instructions
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Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Languages that may be used for submission
English
Award decision date (estimated)
3 May 2025
Award criteria
| Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Simple description | Quality: 60% Cost: 20% Social Value: 10% Presentation: 10% |
Price |
Weighting description
Quality: 60%
Cost: 20%
Social Value: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Competitive flexible procedure
Competitive flexible procedure description
A two-stage procedure will be conducted:
Stage 1: Evaluation of written response to the Quality, Price and Social Value criteria
Stage 2: Presentation from shortlisted Suppliers
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)