0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services
A Contract Award Notice
by LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £21M
- Sector
- HEALTH
- Published
- 25 Mar 2025
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
1 buyer
- London Borough of Merton Morden
1 supplier
Description
The London Borough of Merton (“the Council”) intends to award a contract under 'Direct Award Process C' of the Provider Selection Regime, to provide 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services (mainly Health Visiting and School Nursing services). The aim of the contract is to deliver comprehensive 0-19 Healthy Child Programme services for Children and Young People in Merton. The service is to deliver Merton’s expectations for Merton’s 0 to 19 Healthy Child Programme Services including delivery of: Health Visiting (0-5), School Nursing (5-19) and Specialist Support offers including: Homelessness Health Visitors, Infant Feeding Service, Looked After Children Nurse, Young Parents Support Service, National Child Measurement Programme Service (NCMP), Family Start Service, Youth Offending Team Nurse. The requirements and expectations are based upon the national service specification incorporating the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) which was updated in 2021 (PHE, 2023) (PHE, 2021) and has been informed by local needs, priorities and engagement with stakeholders and families.
Total Quantity or Scope
The overarching aim of the Service is to give Children and Young People (CYP) the best start in life and beyond, through a universal preventive service that improves public health outcomes and reduces inequalities by aligning resources to vulnerability and need – proportionate universalism (PHE/IHE, 2014) The universal elements of the Health Visiting service is to be provided to families of all babies/children aged 0-5 who are resident in Merton. For families with babies/children in the 0-5 age range who may require additional support from the health visiting teams should be provided with enhanced health visiting support and services as appropriate to their needs. For children aged 5-19, the service must be provided to all children attending: • maintained schools and academies, • those who are home educated or who are not attending school for other reasons • those attending further education settings and youth settings and those attending pupil referral units (PRUs) in Merton
Award Detail
| 1 | Central London Community Healthcare (London)
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Award Criteria
| Improving access, reducing inequalities, and facilitating choice | 20 |
| Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability | 15 |
| Quality and Innovation | 20 |
| Social Value | 10 |
| Value | 35 |
CPV Codes
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
Legal Justification
The scope of these services falls within The Heath Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; This notice serves as a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Intention to Award notice. The provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2025 do not apply to this procurement. The publication of this notice initiates the start of the standstill period. Any representations by providers must be made directly to the Authority by 04/04/25.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-04f89d
- FTS 011197-2025