Expired contract

Royal Voluntary Society

Details

Buyer: Liverpool City Council
Supplier(s): Royal Voluntary Service
Value: £59,948
Duration: 8 months
Published: 23 February 2024
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

RVS provide support for Pathway 0 patients to enable safe discharge from hospital. They also prevent readmission and ensure future avoidance of admission. RVS provide practical support for upto 12 weeks using predominantly volunteers to deliver the service. An extension of the existing contract is required to support with Winter Pressures. A soft market test has recently been completed and governance is in process to commence a formal procurement of the service to ensure continued best value and an updated specification to align with changes to discharge operations.

Timeline

Completed: Award published23 February 2024
Current notice
Completed: Award date23 February 2024
Completed: Contract expiry date31 October 2024

About the buyer

Liverpool City Council procures as a local authority for the city of Liverpool, with its approach set out in a published Sustainable Procurement Strategy. Lower-value purchases are usually handled through a direct quotation rather than a full tender.

Some health and social care commissioning instead follows the Provider Selection Regime.

Over the past 5 years, most of Liverpool City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and software and information systems.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov