Planning

Equity in Action Service

NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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Planning

15 Sep 2025 at 08:55

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board is in the planning stages for the "Equity in Action Service" contract, focusing on health services under the industry category of services. This initiative is designed to impact women’s health, mental health, and health inequalities in the Surrey Heartlands region, with a particular emphasis on ethnic minority communities. This procurement process is governed by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 rather than the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The selection is based on the most suitable provider method. The communication of this tender is expected on 1st November 2025, and services will target community engagement, outreach, and health promotion.

This procurement provides significant opportunities for businesses specialising in community health services, outreach programmes, and culturally inclusive health education. Organisations with a strong presence in Surrey and established relationships with local communities could find this contract particularly beneficial. Suitable providers will need to demonstrate capabilities in delivering clinical and non-clinical services that focus on women's mental and physical health, including perinatal mental health counselling and education to prevent Type 2 diabetes. Businesses that can offer tailored health literacy and cultural competency training, as well as those facilitating cooperative and patient-centred health interventions, are ideal candidates for this contract.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Equity in Action Service

Notice Description

The services in scope involve community engagement, co-production of solutions, outreach, health promotion, and support in navigating health systems and contain several ambitions for positive local outcomes, all of which require a provider with deep Surrey grassroots reach and trusted relationships, both with other local providers with whom they partner and with the communities served.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The services in scope involve community engagement, co-production of solutions, outreach, health promotion, and support in navigating health systems and contain several ambitions for positive local outcomes, all of which require a provider with deep Surrey grassroots reach and trusted relationships, both with other local providers with whom they partner and with the communities served. The local outcome ambitions for the services within scope of delivery under this contract are described below. * To increase awareness of women's health within ethnic minority communities and contribute to prevention of women's health issues. * To enhance the quality of conversations about women's health and mental health in clinical practice with respect to cultural sensitivities. * To improve physical and mental health outcomes for women from ethnic minority communities. * To improve the mental health of women and birthing people from ethnic minority communities. * To prevent increased severity of mental health conditions through inclusive early intervention. * To support quality of referrals and efficiency of pathways into Tier 3 mental health support for women and birthing people in the perinatal period. * To improve the experience of healthcare service users across Surrey Heartlands. * To contribute to service co-production by capturing the voices of individuals from seldom heard communities and improve equity of access to health services. * To improve cultural awareness and competency in practice and inclusion of services and practice. * To support connections to women's health, diabetes, chronic vascular disease (CVD) and mental health services through community outreach advocacy/bridge of support. * To empower women and birthing people, children and adults to access support and build healthcare literacy. * To target Type 2 diabetes and CVD management education to prevent type 2 diabetes and improve outcomes. * Prevention for families with a history of Type 2 diabetes particularly to prevent occurrence of Type 2 diabetes in children. Services under the umbrella of Health Inequalities in Perinatal Health, Women's Health and Associated Mental Health are * Healthy Eating and Activity Culturally Inclusive Education * Women's 1:1 mental health provision * Women's Health Groups * Health Literacy and Health Check Outreach * Cultural Awareness Training Both the perinatal mental health counselling and Women's Health Groups are clinical services and constitute the main elements of service provision, provided on a weekly to monthly basis. Perinatal mental health support must be provided by a qualified counsellor and the Women's Health Groups must be led by a Community Development Worker (Community development worker specialising in health and wellbeing, specifically women's health. Counselling, social prescribing and psycho-social mental health support means that the clinical element of this contract significantly exceeds 50%.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0599f4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056436-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Nov 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
syheartlandsicb.contractsadmin@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WOKING
Postcode
GU21 5BH
Post Town
Guildford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ25 West Surrey
Delivery Location
TLJ25 West Surrey
Local Authority
Woking
Electoral Ward
Canalside
Westminster Constituency
Woking

Further Information

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