Notice Information
Notice Title
AfC Enhanced Home Visiting Support Service (First 1001 Days)
Notice Description
Enhanced Home Visiting Support Service (First 1001 Days) provides home visiting for the most vulnerable families ensuring children have the best start in life. The support includes emotional and practical assistance for families facing mental health difficulties, postnatal depression, isolation, loneliness, the effects of domestic abuse, and physical health problems.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: One possible extension of 24 months followed by another possible extension of 24 months First extension period: 1 April 2030 - 31 March 2032 Second extension period: 1 April 2032 - 31 March 2034
Planning Information
Achieving for Children (AfC) is undertaking a market scoping exercise to gather insights and best practice. The aim is to design and strengthen the delivery of the Enhanced Home Visiting Support Service (First 1001 Days). This service provides home visiting for the most vulnerable families in Kingston and Richmond, ensuring children have the best start in life. The support includes emotional and practical assistance for families facing mental health difficulties, postnatal depression, isolation, loneliness, the effects of domestic abuse, and physical health problems. This service provides home visiting for the most vulnerable families in Kingston and Richmond, ensuring children have the best start in life. The support includes emotional and practical assistance for families facing mental health difficulties, postnatal depression, isolation, loneliness, the effects of domestic abuse, and physical health problems. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase and there is no commitment at this stage to carry out a procurement exercise. Any information gathered will not be considered in any future tender exercise. Please note that participation or non- participation in this PME shall not prevent any supplier from participating in any future procurement process, nor is it intended that any information provided shall place any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement exercise. The memorandum of information and the questionnaire can be downloaded from the documents section of the London Tenders Portal DN815645. Completed questionnaires to be returned by 12 noon on Monday 8th June 2026.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069622
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074631-2026
- 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
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £630,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £630,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Aug 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Sep 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Aug 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 3-4 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
- ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- TWICKENHAM
- Postcode
- TW1 3BZ
- Post Town
- Twickenham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
- Delivery Location
- TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton, TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
-
- Local Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Electoral Ward
- Twickenham Riverside
- Westminster Constituency
- Twickenham
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074631-2026
6th August 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043195-2026
11th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.londontenders.org/
The Tender documents will be published on the London Tenders Portal at the web address provided. Reference DN815645
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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