Notice Information
Notice Title
Single Point of Access and Digital Health Provision - Healthy Child Programme 0-19 Market Engagement
Notice Description
This is a voluntary preliminary market engagement notice for a health service that falls under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This market engagement notice relates to a Single Point of Access (SPOA) and Digital Health Provision (DHP) for children aged 0-19 years. This is a community public health service which forms part of the wider Healthy Child Programme within Norfolk County Council (The Council). Both these functions are central to ensuring timely, coordinated and equitable access to support, advice and intervention for 5-19-year-olds.
Planning Information
Norfolk County Council is seeking to engage with providers who have experience of delivering a SPOA Service and DHP through a soft market testing questionnaire in preparation for a potential procurement under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The purpose of this soft market testing exercise is to understand the provider landscape and potential providers who are capable of delivering this service within the context of Norfolk. The questionnaire is open to any provider. The outcome of the soft market testing will assist the Council to develop and maintain sufficiently detailed knowledge of the provider landscape. This will help NCC to put in place services that best meet the needs of the population and to select the appropriate award process. Please note that this exercise is solely for information-gathering purposes; none of the details provided will be used in the evaluation of any future procurement submissions. Participation or non-participation in this soft market testing shall not prevent any supplier participating in any potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of this process shall place any supplier at an advantage in any potential procurement process. Participation in the soft market testing process will be at each supplier's own cost. No expense in responding to this process will be reimbursed by the Council. The Council wishes to provide fixed points of contact for this soft market testing exercise and interested parties are requested not to contact any other individual or team at the Council or any of its other advisors. Any enquiries and responses should be sent via the messaging function within In-Tend. Providers that are interested in participating in this exercise are asked to register on In-Tend at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home This is free to do, just log in and express an interest. The Questionnaire will be available for you to download and complete within the 'clarification' tab. Once completed, please return via the In-Tend 'correspondence' tab. The deadline for responses is no later than 2:00pm on 30th January 2026.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-060334
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002026-2026
- 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
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
85323000 - Community health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £17,100,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 4-5 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
- NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR1 2DH
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk, TLH16 North and West Norfolk, TLH17 Breckland and South Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- Norwich
- Electoral Ward
- Lakenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Norwich South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002026-2026
9th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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