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Best Start in Life Family Hubs, Best Start Service (0-5) and Healthy Child Programme (0-19)

London Borough of Waltham Forest

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Tender

06 Aug 2026 at 15:02

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

24 Jul 2025 at 16:32

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is commissioning health and early-years public services in Waltham Forest. There are three service areas: Best Start in Life Family Hubs, providing universal and targeted support for children aged 0–5 and parents, including play, early learning, family support and early identification of need; Best Start Service 0–5, covering infant feeding, oral health and healthy weight support; and the Healthy Child Programme 0–19, delivering health visiting, school nursing, family nurse partnership support, screening, immunisations, developmental reviews and advice. The services are intended to improve outcomes, promote prevention and early intervention, support healthy development and reduce health inequalities. This is a public health services opportunity, classified under CPV 85100000.

The procurement has reached tender: the buyer invited offers through an open procedure. Bidders may submit for one, several or all three lots, which will be evaluated and awarded separately. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2032, with extension options to 30 June 2034 and then 31 March 2036. The tender enquiry deadline is 4 September 2026 at 12:00, and the offer deadline is 16 September 2026 at 12:00. The award decision is due by 19 October 2026. Lot 1 is valued at £7,621,250 net (£9,145,500 gross); Lot 2 at £3,053,454.85 net (£3,664,145.82 gross); and Lot 3 at £56,969,001.25 net (£68,362,801.50 gross). Evaluation for every lot is price 30%, quality 60% and social value 10%.

This opportunity suits experienced and qualified organisations delivering public health, early-years, family support or children’s health services. Lot 1 is relevant to providers able to run integrated Family Hub services, including universal activities, targeted groups, one-to-one family support, early learning and support for children with special educational needs or families affected by postnatal depression. Lot 2 suits early-years public health providers with expertise in infant feeding, oral health, healthy weight, prevention, workshops, group programmes and workforce training. Lot 3 is aimed at organisations capable of delivering an integrated Healthy Child Programme for children and young people from preconception to adulthood, including health visiting, school nursing, family nurse partnership, screening, immunisation and developmental review services. The lots are identified as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises, with economic and technical selection requirements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Best Start in Life Family Hubs, Best Start Service (0-5) and Healthy Child Programme (0-19)

Notice Description

The London Borough of Waltham Forest ("the Authority") is procuring this provision using the Competitive Process as described within The Health Care Services Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023. The Authority is seeking Tenders from suitably experienced and qualified organisations for the provision of the following services: Lot 1: Best Start in Life Family Hubs: Universal and targeted services for children aged 0-5 and their parents Lot 2: Best Start Service (0-5) Lot 3: Healthy Child Programme (0-19) The service shall commence on 1st July 2027 and shall continue up to and including 30th June 2032 with the option to extend at the discretion of the Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual performance. The contract has the following extension options: A further 24 months from 1st July 2032 to 30th June 2034 A further 21 months from 1st July 2034 to 31st March 2036 Bidders are permitted to submit a tender for one lot, multiple lots or all of the lots, as they deem appropriate to their skills and experience. Bidders are advised that the Authority will evaluate Tenders for each lot separately and award each lot separately. The Contract is split into three Lots which covers the services as follows: Lot 1: Best Start in Life Family Hubs: Universal and targeted services for children aged 0-5 and their parents The service core aim is to ensure all children have the best possible start in life by promoting prevention, early intervention and family support, while reducing health inequalities. This funding enables the provision of integrated, accessible services-particularly for children aged 0-5-focusing on early identification of need, supporting healthy development, strengthening parent-child relationships and ensuring children are healthy, safe and ready to learn. Lot 2: Best Start Service 0-5 The Best Start (0-5) Service delivers a targeted early years public health offer focused on prevention, early support and improved outcomes for babies, young children and their families. It operates as part of the wider Best Start in Life system, working in partnership with health visiting, early help, Family Hub provision and community services to ensure coordinated support. The service covers Infant feeding, oral health and healthy weight provision. Lot 3: Healthy Child Programme 0-19 The HCP is the universal public health framework for children and young people from preconception through to adulthood. It provides a structured, evidence-based approach to promoting health and wellbeing, preventing ill health and reducing inequalities, ensuring that all children are supported to achieve the best possible start in life and their full potential. The programme operates through a proportionate universal model, combining a comprehensive universal offer with targeted and specialist support for those with additional or complex needs. This approach ensures population-wide reach while enabling resources to be focused on those at greatest risk of poor outcomes. The HCP delivers a defined programme of interventions, including screening, immunisations, developmental reviews, and advice and guidance for parents, carers and young people. It supports families to play an active role in maintaining health and wellbeing, while enabling children and young people to develop the knowledge and confidence to manage their own health over time.

Lot Information

Lot 1: Best Start in Life Family Hubs: Universal and targeted services for children aged 0-5 and their parents

Lot 1: Best Start in Life Family Hubs: Universal and targeted services for children aged 0-5 and their parents The service core aim is to ensure all children have the best possible start in life by promoting prevention, early intervention and family support, while reducing health inequalities. This funding enables the provision of integrated, accessible services-particularly for children aged 0-5-focusing on early identification of need, supporting healthy development, strengthening parent-child relationships and ensuring children are healthy, safe and ready to learn.

Renewal: The service shall commence on 1st July 2027 and shall continue up to and including 30th June 2032 with the option to extend at the discretion of the Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual performance. The contract has the following extension options: A further 24 months from 1st July 2032 to 30th June 2034 A further 21 months from 1st July 2034 to 31st March 2036

Lot 2: Best Start Service 0-5

Lot 2: Best Start Service 0-5 The Best Start (0-5) Service delivers a targeted early years public health offer focused on prevention, early support and improved outcomes for babies, young children and their families. It operates as part of the wider Best Start in Life system, working in partnership with health visiting, early help, Family Hub provision and community services to ensure coordinated support. The service covers Infant feeding, oral health and healthy weight provision.

Renewal: The service shall commence on 1st July 2027 and shall continue up to and including 30th June 2032 with the option to extend at the discretion of the Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual performance. The contract has the following extension options: A further 24 months from 1st July 2032 to 30th June 2034 A further 21 months from 1st July 2034 to 31st March 2036

Lot 3: Healthy Child Programme 0-19

Lot 3: Healthy Child Programme 0-19 The HCP is the universal public health framework for children and young people from preconception through to adulthood. It provides a structured, evidence-based approach to promoting health and wellbeing, preventing ill health and reducing inequalities, ensuring that all children are supported to achieve the best possible start in life and their full potential. The programme operates through a proportionate universal model, combining a comprehensive universal offer with targeted and specialist support for those with additional or complex needs. This approach ensures population-wide reach while enabling resources to be focused on those at greatest risk of poor outcomes. The HCP delivers a defined programme of interventions, including screening, immunisations, developmental reviews, and advice and guidance for parents, carers and young people. It supports families to play an active role in maintaining health and wellbeing, while enabling children and young people to develop the knowledge and confidence to manage their own health over time.

Renewal: The service shall commence on 1st July 2027 and shall continue up to and including 30th June 2032 with the option to extend at the discretion of the Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual performance. The contract has the following extension options: A further 24 months from 1st July 2032 to 30th June 2034 A further 21 months from 1st July 2034 to 31st March 2036

Planning Information

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is preparing to recommission its Healthy Child Programme (0–19 years), Best Start Service and Family Centre Services which includes health visiting, school nursing, universal and targeted support for children, young people, and families. This recommissioning of these services will be divided into the following three lots: Lot 1: Children and Family Centre Service: To provide a wide range of universal stay and play sessions aligned to the early year’s foundation seven stages of learning, being ready to learn in preparation for school readiness, group programmes for targeted groups such as for children under 2, children with SEND, mothers with postnatal depression and 1:1 support for families with young children. Lot 2: Best Start Service 0-5: To improve health outcomes for young children and to reduce health and social inequalities by providing access to early intervention and prevention in the key areas of early feeding and nutrition, healthy weight and oral health. The service focuses on the delivery of high impact areas 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the Healthy Child Programme. The service offers a range of drop-in services, workshops, group programmes and 1:1 support for families with young children. It also provides training and support for the wider workforce. Lot 3: Healthy Child Programme 0-19: The Waltham Forest Healthy Child Programme 0-19 is an integrated Healthy Child Programme service, consisting of a Health Visiting service, a School Nursing Service, and a Family Nurse Partnership. The aim of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19 service is to improve outcomes for children and their families and reduce inequalities; to lead on and deliver the local Healthy Child Programme 0 – 5 and 5 – 19 and to give Waltham Forest children the best possible start in life. As part of our commitment to transparent and inclusive commissioning, we are conducting a Market Engagement Exercise to better understand the capacity, interest, and innovation within the provider market. We invite you to complete the attached Market Engagement Questionnaire, which will help inform the design and delivery model of future services. Your feedback will be used to: Shape the service specification Identify opportunities for integration and innovation Ensure the commissioned services meet local needs and reduce health inequalities This is not a formal tender process, but an opportunity to contribute to the development of a high-quality, equitable, and sustainable public health service. The deadline for completed responses to be submitted via the London Tenders Portal is Wednesday 13th August 2025.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0565ce
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074834-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£67,643,706 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£67,643,705 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
16 Sep 20264 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
2 Feb 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jul 2027 - 30 Jun 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
London Borough of Waltham Forest
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WALTHAMSTOW
Postcode
E17 4JF
Postcode Area
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI5 Outer London - East and North East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI53 Redbridge and Waltham Forest
Delivery Location
TLI53 Redbridge and Waltham Forest
Local Authority
Waltham Forest
Electoral Ward
Chapel End
Westminster Constituency
Walthamstow

Further Information

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