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Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs

Royal Borough of Greenwich

This public procurement record has 7 releases in its history.

Tender

17 Aug 2026 at 17:32

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

02 Jun 2026 at 09:22

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

15 May 2026 at 15:21

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

02 Mar 2026 at 10:54

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
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 procuring borough-wide Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs services across Greenwich, London. This is an early years, family support, education, health and social work service. The provider will deliver a consistent universal offer alongside targeted support for children and families with additional needs. The service is intended to promote the best start in life, improve child development and family wellbeing, strengthen parenting capacity and provide integrated support. Delivery will involve close partnership working with health, education, early help, children's social care and the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector. Services must provide accessible, evidence-informed support and seamless pathways for families, using strengths-based, trauma-informed and relational approaches aligned with local children and families priorities.

The procurement has reached tender: the Royal Borough of Greenwich has invited offers through an open procedure. There is one lot. The tender submission deadline set by the Council is 5 October 2026 at 12:00 noon, with electronic submission allowed in English through the supplier portal. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032, with extensions available at the Council's discretion until 31 March 2036. Its estimated value is £34,519,180 excluding VAT, or £41,423,016 including VAT. The Council expects to complete its award decision by 1 December 2026. Evaluation is based on quality, weighted at 80%, and price, weighted at 20%.

This opportunity suits qualified and experienced providers of integrated early years, family support, education, health or social care services. Strong candidates will be able to deliver a borough-wide, place-based service combining universal provision with targeted interventions for families with additional needs. Relevant capability includes improving child development and family wellbeing, strengthening parenting capacity, and providing accessible, evidence-informed support. Providers should be able to work through strengths-based, trauma-informed and relational approaches, with effective referral and support pathways. The requirement also favours organisations able to coordinate closely with health, education, early help, children's social care and voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise partners. Small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises are identified as suitable participants.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs

Notice Description

Tenders are invited from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs services across the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The contract will provide a borough-wide, place-based early years and family support service, delivering a consistent universal offer alongside targeted interventions for children and families with additional needs. Services will promote the best start in life, improve child development and family wellbeing, strengthen parenting capacity, and provide integrated support through close partnership working with health, education, early help, children's social care and the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector. The Provider will deliver services using strengths-based, trauma-informed and relational approaches, ensuring accessible, evidence-informed support and seamless pathways for families in line with the Council's Children and Young People's Plan, Best Start in Life, Family Hubs and Families First Partnership Programme.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: Extension/s are available up to 31/03/2036 at the sole discretion of the Council.

Planning Information

The Royal Borough of Greenwich will be holding a further market engagement event in relation to the recommissioning of Children's Centres / Best Start Family Hubs. We are seeking to engage with current and potential delivery providers, as well as wider stakeholders and partners across the VCFSE sector, ahead of a potential procurement opportunity. Event Details: Date: Thursday 4 June 2026 Time: 10:00am - 11:30am The event will now be virtual via Microsoft Teams. To register your attendance, please complete the registration form via the link below by Wednesday 3 June 2026: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Y_Iy5kY_EUGqXNVBJvlRBWgJwoTzZdxNod6MNdvdixVUN1NYV1g2MldYRVpLTE1YMlZUMFRUSFZQRy4u The event will: - Provide an update on the Council's recommissioning intentions for Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs. - Share the proposed service model and key expectations for future delivery. - Recap previous market engagement activity and how feedback has shaped the emerging approach. - Outline the anticipated procurement process and next steps. - Support providers to understand future service requirements

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/078302-2026
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

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
£34,519,180 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£34,519,180 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Aug 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
5 Oct 20262 months to go
Future Notice Date
4 Jun 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 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
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE18 6HQ
Postcode Area
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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