Planning

Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Planning

09 Feb 2026 at 11:25

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
PlanningUpdate

13 Jan 2026 at 18:03

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

11 Dec 2025 at 11:33

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is in the planning phase of a procurement process focused on developing a service delivery model for Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs in London. This process involves engaging with market providers and stakeholders from the education, health, and voluntary sectors. Upcoming key engagement dates include an in-person event on 27th February 2026 at Woolwich Town Hall and a prior virtual event on 5th February 2026, leading to optional one-to-one sessions. This initiative is part of Greenwich's commitment to evolving their Children's Centres and Family Hubs services, classified under education, training, and health services, aimed at supporting families and young children. The procurement adheres to the ‘light touch’ regime with an above-threshold status, scheduled to begin the contract period on 1st April 2027.

This procurement provides a significant opportunity for organisations in the education, health, and social service sectors to contribute to a borough-wide strategy aiming to support early childhood development. Businesses experienced in offering early years, health, family support, or educational services, particularly SMEs and VCSEs, are well-suited to participate. The engagement phase allows these organisations to connect with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, potentially leading to collaborative projects and innovative service delivery models, amplifying the impact across the community and fostering sustainable business growth. This engagement will enable providers to align with Greenwich's vision while showcasing their capacity and innovative capabilities.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs

Notice Description

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is undertaking pre-market engagement with providers for the delivery of Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hub services. Potential providers, delivery partners and wider stakeholders are encouraged to attend the stakeholder engagement event (please see Engagement section below). This event will support the development of the local delivery model and explore innovative ways of delivering services from Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs.

Planning Information

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is undertaking further Pre-Market Engagement and invites current and potential delivery providers, wider stakeholders, and partners across the VCSFE sector to attend our Stakeholder Engagement Event. This builds on engagement to date (previous Preliminary Market Engagement Notice identifier: 2026/S 000 002878). The upcoming event aims to bring together providers of Children's Centre services, wider system partners, and community-based organisations with an interest in delivering services from Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs, and in contributing to the ongoing development of the local delivery model. The event will aim to: • Share the emerging local vision for Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs delivery. • Recap on previous pre-market engagement. • Engage the market and wider stakeholders in shaping the future service model. • Identify innovative and alternative models of delivery from Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs. • Explore opportunities for partnership working and collaborative delivery. • Understand provider capacity, expertise, and appetite for future delivery. This is an in-person market engagement event that will be held on Friday 27 February 2026, 10:30am - 12:30pm, at Woolwich Town Hall (Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6HQ). To register your attendance, please complete the registration form under the following link by Monday 23 February 2026: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Y_Iy5kY_EUGqXNVBJvlRBbPkFGxfRjlIgkhTcTSrz01UQ0c3WTA5SFMyOVdLQk9VMVNJTDMwUkc4SS4u Please note that, due to capacity, only a maximum of 2 attendees per organisation may be registered. Registered attendees will receive invitations to the event and will also be sent presentation slides and any relevant accompanying information from engagement undertaken to date. This notice forms part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich's ongoing Pre-Market Engagement and does not constitute a call for competition or a commitment to procure.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f38f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011300-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Feb 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
27 Feb 20264 days to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
childrens-commissioning@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE18 6HQ
Post Town
South 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)
TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich
Delivery Location
TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich
Local Authority
Greenwich
Electoral Ward
Woolwich Arsenal
Westminster Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich

Further Information

Notice Documents

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