Planning

Provision of Child Protection Medical and Initial Health Assessment Service

CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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Planning

06 Oct 2025 at 12:46

Summary of the contracting process

The Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is in the planning stage of a procurement process for a six-month contract titled "Provision of Child Protection Medical and Initial Health Assessment Service." This short-term contract, with a budget of £35,000, focuses on health services in the Milton Keynes area. The procurement is under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Interested suppliers have been invited to engage and express interest by completing specific questionnaires over a 10-day period starting from 6th October 2025. This engagement seeks to assess market interest and supplier capability before deciding on the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) process. Key services include child protection medical examinations and initial health assessments for looked-after children.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in health services, particularly those experienced in providing child protection and health assessments. Companies with a background in paediatric medical services or involved in health assessments for children and young people would find this contract suitable for expanding their operations. The procurement approach hinges on the ability to meet statutory health requirements and effectively manage short-term services, making it ideal for agile and adaptive service providers ready to engage with the CNWL's needs in Milton Keynes.

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Notice Title

Provision of Child Protection Medical and Initial Health Assessment Service

Notice Description

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is intending to commission a short-term contract for Child Protection Medical Services and Initial Health Assessments for Milton Keynes, with a proposed contract term of maximum 6 months (the "Proposed Contract"). This notice is to invite engagement with potential suppliers, to scope market interest, supplier capability, and to inform the PSR process to be followed.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a transparency notice to notify the market of CNWL's intention to commission a short-term contract for Child Protection Medical Services and Initial Health Assessments for Milton Keynes, with a proposed contract term of maximum 6 months (the "Proposed Contract"). This notice is to invite engagement with potential suppliers, to scope market interest, supplier capability and to inform the PSR process to be followed.
The provision of Child Protection Medical Services and Initial Health Assessments includes the following services:
1) Child Protection Medical service for children aged over 2 where there is a concern regarding neglect, until the end of March 2026. A child protection examination is carried out to look for signs that a child or young person has been abused or neglected. This is different from a clinical examination, which aims to establish what is wrong with the child or young person and what treatment may be needed.
2) Any under utilised capacity for CPMAs maybe used to deliver Initial Health Assessments for Looked After Children where appropriate. An Initial Health Assessment is carried out as a statutory health assessment within 20 working days of coming into care and needs to be carried out by a trained doctor.

CNWL invites any providers who consider they can deliver the services as described in the specification of requirements and this transparency notice , to express their interest in being considered for inclusion in any PSR procurement process, if it is decided to follow a PSR process.
Any providers wishing to express an interest should read and familiarise themselves with Document 1 Market Engagement - Supplier Information Questionnaire, and Document 2 Service Specification and, complete the documents Document 1 Market Engagement - Supplier Information Questionnaire, within the Atamis project, the details of which are provided below.
The opportunity to register an interest and submit a completed Document 1 Market Engagement - Supplier Information Questionnaire will be open for a period of 10 days, from the date of publishing this notice, before CNWL proceeds to consider the supplier responses and decide a procurement approach.

To register your interest, please follow the link below, and search for the project reference/name as detailed:

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Project reference: C393104
Project Name: Child Protection Medical Services

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a8c0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062512-2025
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
£35,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Oct 20254 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
3 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Contact Name
Kerem Guney
Contact Email
kerem.guney@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
WC1X 8AQ
Post Town
Central London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
TLI7 Outer London - West and North West

Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

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