Notice Information
Notice Title
Child Poverty and Health - Market Engagement
Notice Description
Child poverty in the UK has increased by 900,000 children since 2010/11. 4.5 million children now live in poverty and 1.1 million have used foodbanks within the last 12 months. Tackling child poverty is central to this government's mission to remove barriers to opportunity and raise the healthiest generation of children ever. On 5th December 2025, the government published Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696646bc99fbdc498faecd98/child-poverty-strategy.pdf which sets out immediate actions to reduce poverty and the long-term foundations needed to change its trajectory. As part of the Strategy, DHSC has committed to engage with the market and wider stakeholders outside of government to better understand and explore potential opportunities for collaboration to address the health impacts of child poverty. The purpose of this notice is to announce that DHSC will be hosting a virtual roundtable event with a Q&A on 15th April 2026. The roundtable will involve a facilitated discussion on what organisations are doing, or interested in doing, to tackle the health impacts of child poverty. Please see the letter from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care inviting industry to the virtual roundtable: https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/Pz00000IYa8L/xfGPul26MvskSjmFvX464jTxxojCnySEQ3TgZ18yA6g
Planning Information
Background Child poverty in the UK has increased by 900,000 children since 2010/11. 4.5 million children now live in poverty and 1.1 million have used foodbanks within the last 12 months. Tackling child poverty is central to this government’s mission to remove barriers to opportunity and raise the healthiest generation of children ever. On 5th December 2025, the government published Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696646bc99fbdc498faecd98/child-poverty-strategy.pdf which sets out immediate actions to reduce poverty and the long‑term foundations needed to change its trajectory. As part of the Strategy, DHSC has committed to engage with the market and wider stakeholders outside of government to better understand and explore potential opportunities for collaboration to address the health impacts of child poverty. Purpose The purpose of this notice is to announce that DHSC will be hosting a virtual roundtable event with a Q&A on 15th April 2026. Please see the letter from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care inviting industry to the virtual roundtable: https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/Pz00000IYa8L/xfGPul26MvskSjmFvX464jTxxojCnySEQ3TgZ18yA6g The roundtable will involve a facilitated discussion on what organisations are doing, or interested in doing, to tackle the health impacts of child poverty. In the event that that there are a significant number of organisations that meet the eligibility criterion for the event, DHSC reserves the right to run more than one virtual event. There is no planned procurement activity relating to the publication of this preliminary market engagement notice. For avoidance of doubt this is not a call for competition nor a procurement and therefore it will have a monetary payment value of £0 attached. The sole purpose of the engagement is to initiate a discussion with suppliers interested in addressing the health impacts of child poverty. Eligibility To be eligible to attend this event you must be a VCSE or private sector organisation interested in improving health outcomes for children in poverty. If the roundtable is significantly oversubscribed, DHSC reserves the right to run more than one virtual event dictated by organisation type / interest area. Questionnaire To participate in this roundtable, we ask any party linked to or interested in child poverty to complete a short questionnaire about what they feel are potential areas of opportunities for collaboration, as well as any work they have underway to improve health outcomes for children in poverty. This questionnaire is for information purposes only and will not form part of the assessment of those organisations that DHSC may collaborate with. Please complete the questionnaire at this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MIwnYaiRMUyMH-9N6Jc6HBHgJ-bvHrVLjKnNEfCmB79UQVpQSUVMSzNHODBJQUUzMFRTUDhDUEkwNi4u The deadline to complete the questionnaire is 1700 on Thursday 9th April 2026. If you have any challenges in registering for the event or specific questions around the market engagement, please contact childpovertyengagement@dhsc.gov.uk Following this market consultation, should any opportunities for collaboration arise, DHSC will ensure these are advertised openly for all interested organisations. All responses will be stored securely by DHSC and kept only for as long as is strictly necessary. You can read more at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-privacy-notice/dhsc-privacy-notice During the analysis DHSC may use its own artificial intelligence tools to help analyse responses. No external Artificial Intelligence tools will be used. No raw data will be shared outside of DHSC, NHS England or uploaded to external tools. Artificial Intelligence will not be relied upon in isolation; it will only be used as a supplement to manual analysis in the context of the holistic findings.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
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- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026745-2026
- 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)
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85 - Health and social work services
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Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Mar 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 9 Apr 20265 days to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 23 Mar 2026 - 9 Apr 2026 30 days
- 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
- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 0EU
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026745-2026
24th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026504-2026
23rd March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026499-2026
23rd March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026498-2026
23rd March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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