Planning

Adult Healthy Behavior Service Market Engagement

LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON

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19 Mar 2026 at 16:55

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Croydon is currently in the planning stage for procuring an Adult Healthy Behaviour Service, with the process initiated as a tender under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This procurement focuses on health and social work services in Croydon, UKI62 region, aiming to provide structured support for smoking cessation, alcohol reduction, and weight management among adults. The procurement does not comply with the Procurement Act 2023 but is aligned with the Health Care Services Regulations 2023. A Market Engagement event is scheduled for 16th April 2026 at 2pm at The Braithwaite Hall, Croydon Clocktower, offering potential providers a chance to explore collaboration opportunities. Interested parties can register their attendance by expressing their interest via specified communication channels.

The tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health promotion and services targeted at reducing health inequalities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community, and Faith Sector (VCFS) organisations would be particularly well-positioned to collaborate as lead providers and partners, delivering a neighbourhood-based Adult Healthy Behaviours service. This venture could lead to long-term business growth, given the contract period running from September 2026 to August 2031. Leveraging local knowledge and existing community networks could help providers tailor services to the priority groups outlined by Croydon Council, increasing the effectiveness and reach of health improvement initiatives.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Adult Healthy Behavior Service Market Engagement

Notice Description

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Market Engagement Notice. The procurement of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this procurement. Introduction Croydon Council are looking to procure an Adult Healthy Behaviours Service, providing structured support for smoking cessation, alcohol reduction and overweight / obesity weight management. The aim of the service is to: Contribute to the reduction in health inequalities, including socio-economic, ethnic and gender inequalities. Increase life expectancy in the borough by actively targeting specific priority groups. Reduce differences in healthy life expectancy between communities. Targeting services at residents at the greatest risk of poor healthy life expectancy. Contribute to the reduction of preventable ill health by reducing heart disease, stroke, and some cancers. Improve health outcomes and quality of life, with a better chance of putting in place positive ways to substantially reduce the risk of cardiovascular morbidity, premature death, or disability. The service is required to provide support which allows individuals to modify their behaviour. To reduce risk factors that contribute to early death and reduced quality of life namely: Smoking: Contribute to the overall reduction of the number of people that smoke. Healthy Weight: Promote a healthy weight amongst adults to reduce rates of obesity and overweight. Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice: Promote knowledge of the harms caused by excessive alcohol consumption. To screen those residents drinking at increasing and high-risk levels. Nutrition: Increase knowledge around the nutritional content of foods, by raising awareness to harms caused by energy dense foods that are high in fats and sugars as well as by the promotion of healthy nutritional diets. Health Promotion: Deliver opportunistic health education advice to further promote access to health and wellbeing e.g., being physically active, dental care, immunisations and screening, flu jabs, or NHS Health Checks. To promote Better Health national campaigns. Service Design To address the needs of those in priority groups and areas of high Indices of Deprivation we will be procuring the following model: A lead provider, working in collaboration with local voluntary, community and faith sector (VCFS) providers to deliver a neighbourhood-based Adult Healthy Behaviours service. This will allow us to provide better outcomes for residents, reflect population needs, address service challenges and maximise opportunities. Market Engagement Event We wish to invite prospective service providers as well as Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector (VCFS) representatives. To outline our requirements, answer questions, as well as begin conversations between providers and the VCFS, as to how they can best work together. Date: April 16th 2026 Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm Place: The Braithwaite Hall, Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon CR0 1NX Please register your interest to attend by clicking on the Express your Interest button, and send us a message including the following details: Your Organization name. Name & Job title of the delegates. Email addresses of delegates. On behalf of Croydon Council, we look forward to your attendance.

Planning Information

Market Engagement event 16th April at 2pm

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-066f95
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025450-2026
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

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

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
19 Mar 20263 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
16 Apr 20264 weeks to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2031 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
LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CROYDON
Postcode
CR0 1EA
Post Town
Croydon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI6 Outer London - South
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI62 Croydon
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Croydon
Electoral Ward
Fairfield
Westminster Constituency
Croydon West

Further Information

Notice Documents

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