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Award

28 Jul 2025 at 12:47

Tender

08 Aug 2024 at 21:02

Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has sought providers for their Children & Young People's Health & Wellbeing Service, categorized under Health and Social Work services. The procurement process was conducted through an open procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This contract involves various lots, including an Enhanced Public Health Nursing Service, and Enabling Community Health Outcomes, with a focus on addressing health inequalities and community benefits through innovative service delivery models. The initial contract term is three years, starting on 1st April 2025, with optional extensions potentially making it a seven-year contract, with important procurement events taking place in 2024. The estimated value over the full term is £16,800,000. The process has recently reached the award stage, with contracts now active with providers like Compass and Barnardo Services Limited.

This procurement creates significant opportunities for businesses in the health services sector to engage in long-term, impactful work that aligns with community health imperatives. Suitable businesses would ideally have a strong track record in public health initiatives, particularly those capable of addressing health disparities and working collaboratively across communities. SMEs with innovative approaches to service delivery within system leadership and culturally appropriate practices are especially well-positioned to benefit and grow through these opportunities. Additionally, the tender's structure—with multiple lots—offers the possibility for different suppliers to engage in diverse aspects of service delivery, potentially opening doors for specialist niche providers in the health and social care space.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

HAC5997: Children & Young People's Health & Wellbeing Service

Notice Description

London Borough of Tower Hamlets (Tower Hamlets) is looking to procure a suitable provider to deliver Children & Young People's Health & Wellbeing Service. The contract will be for an initial term of 3 years with optional extensions of a maximum further 4 years. The extensions will consist of 2 years each. The estimated value of the total 7 year term is PS16,800,000.

Lot Information

Enhanced Public Health Nursing Service

Tower Hamlets are seeking expressions of interest from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers to deliver the services required by this contract: * Primary-school aged children (5-11 years), whether in full time education at a mainstream school or educated other than at school. 4-year-olds attending schools in Reception year will also be eligible for this element * 11-19 year olds and in full time education at a mainstream school, educated other than at school or not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET), and up to 25 years for young people with SEND or care experience. 5-11 years: The service offer will be similar to the existing school health service, whereby school nurses lead a skill-mix workforce to deliver the Healthy Child Programme. Activities include school-entry health assessments, hearing and vision screening, height- and weight-assessments in Reception and Year 6, support for schools in managing medical conditions and training. 11-19 years: This service offer merges the current school nursing provision for secondary schools with the current 'Safe East' provision. The service will be community-based (for example in youth services) with in-reach into secondary schools, providing different ways for young people to access health support: in schools, community settings, and through text messaging and online provision. This service element will support schools to develop support plans for children with health conditions, health needs assessments for new starters and training; plus health promotion workshops, brief interventions, C-card condom scheme, You're Welcome accreditation for young people-friendly settings, Tier 2 and some Tier 3 sexual health services, Tier 2 and 3 substance misuse treatment and smoking cessation support. Dedicated support for children in the youth justice service will also continue The successful provider will enter into contract with Tower Hamlets utilising their standard T&Cs (included in tender pack) for an initial term of 3 years, with a maximum optional extension of 4 years. Tower Hamlets are following the Open procurement procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Full information can be found in the attached tender documentation

Options: Contract Start Date: 01/04/2025 Contract End Date:31/03/2028 Contract Duration: 36 months Optional extensions: 24+24 months

Enabling Community Health Outcomes

Tower Hamlets are seeking expressions of interest from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers to deliver the services required by this contract This is an innovative element to the contract that has developed from reflections about the determinants of inequalities in deaths, ill-health including trust in institutions that have underpinned health inequalities for many decades, but which were tragically highlighted in the Covid-19 pandemic. It also seeks to enable the type of agile responses that brought partners together in the pandemic to respond quickly and effectively to future health and wellbeing issues. The enablers of improved outcomes and reduced inequalities include a dedicated focus on system leadership, co-production, evaluation and culturally appropriate communication resulting in an innovative child-centred service that meets local need. This element will also support the service to deliver community benefits which will include work-experience, mentoring and apprenticeships (with a focus on children in care, young people with care experience and older children outside mainstream education) Engagement work to date has highlighted that these activities are wished for but may be seen as an additional burden on top of day-to-day delivery of services. This element aims to invest in capacity to maximise community benefit and social value and will drive service development in the other elements of the service, to ensure that the whole service continues to evolve in response to community needs. By delineating it as a discrete service element with committed investment, the delivery of providers' social value pledges at tender stage can be more rigorously assured through contract management processes The successful provider will enter into contract with Tower Hamlets utilising their standard T&Cs (included in tender pack) for an initial term of 3 years, with a maximum optional extension of 4 years. Tower Hamlets are following the Open procurement procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Register 2015. Full information can be found in the attached tender documentation.

Options: Contract Start Date: 01/04/2025 Contract End Date:31/03/2028 Contract Duration: 36 months Optional extensions: 24+24 months

Joint Service Provision

Tower Hamlets are seeking expressions of interest from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers to deliver the services required by this contract Feedback from the market engagement has been mixed in relation to delivery of the services under Lot 1 and Lot 2 by the same provider. Therefore, a third Lot (for the provision of both service areas by one provider) has been added to the procurement structure. The services for this are detailed in Lots 1 & 2. It is anticipated that there may be overheads cost savings should both services be provided by a single provider, however, the Council need confidence that a single specialist provider is capable of delivery quality across both elements. The successful provider will enter into contract with Tower Hamlets utilising their standard T&Cs (included in tender pack) for an initial term of 3 years, with a maximum optional extension of 4 years. Tower Hamlets are following the Open procurement procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Register 2015. Full information can be found in the attached tender documentation.

Options: Contract Start Date: 01/04/2025 Contract End Date:31/03/2028 Contract Duration: 36 months Optional extensions: 24+24 months

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04892e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043437-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£16,800,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£33,600,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£16,800,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Jul 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
30 Sep 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Jan 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active, Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Tower Hamlets
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E1 1BJ
Postcode Area
East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI42 Tower Hamlets
Delivery Location
TLI London

Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward
Whitechapel
Westminster Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

Barnardo Services Limited

Compass

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