0-19 Public Health Nursing Service (PHNS) Healthy Child Programme

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This early market engagement to support decisions for Shropshire Council's future commissioning intentions for the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service (PHNS), including health visiting, school nursing, and the Family Nurse Partnership, and up to age 25 for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). It provides potential providers with background information on the service requirements, the current policy context, local needs, and the key lines of enquiry commissioners want to explore through market engagement. This is not the start of a formal procurement process. The Council is seeking market views to inform service design, delivery expectations, affordability, and future commissioning. The commissioned service includes health visiting, school nursing, and the Family Nurse Partnership, providing universal, targeted, and specialist public health nursing support across the 0-19 pathway and up to age 25, where relevant, for young people with SEND. The service is expected to deliver the mandated elements of the Healthy Child Programme and associated public health requirements, while also contributing to wider local priorities and integrated pathways. Commissioners' preference is for a provider that can deliver the whole service, rather than separate elements of it. Commissioners will expect any future model to demonstrate how it will safely and consistently deliver, monitor and evaluate core programme requirements; respond proportionately to need; support early identification and intervention; contribute to safeguarding and early help pathways; improve access and outcomes for vulnerable groups; use population data to target support; and work effectively within Shropshire's locality and family hub model. Providers will also need to demonstrate a clear workforce model, strong governance and clinical leadership, effective partnership working, and a practical approach to digital access, estates, rural delivery, and performance reporting. As part of the pre-market engagement, Commissioners are seeking input from providers on the following: *How to deliver a safe, equitable, and sustainable 0-19 public health nursing offer across a large rural county *Workforce availability, recruitment, retention, supervision, and skill mix in the context of national shortages *How the refreshed Healthy Child Programme guidance can be implemented in a practical, outcomes-focused way *The role of locality delivery, open-access models, digital approaches, and family hub integration *How providers would work with partners across maternity, primary care, education, early help, safeguarding, and the voluntary sector *How services can reduce inequalities and meet the needs of vulnerable groups, including children with SEND, rural communities, and families with more complex needs *Data, outcomes, performance monitoring, and how providers would demonstrate impact and effectiveness *The affordability and financial assumptions needed to support a viable model, including estate and mobilisation requirements *How the voice of the child will be embedded and systematically captured. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Shrewsbury:-Health-services./89BS9K23YQ To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/89BS9K23YQ

Planning Information

This engagement exercise is for information gathering purposes only and does not constitute a formal procurement. Participation in this engagement will not advantage or disadvantage any organisation in any subsequent procurement. Commissioners will take appropriate measures to ensure that competition is not distorted by participation in this engagement. Information provided may be used to inform Shropshire Council’s requirements and procurement approach and may be shared, in anonymised or aggregated form, with other potential providers. Providers should clearly identify any information they consider to be commercially sensitive. This engagement is intended to inform the Council’s understanding of the market and future commissioning options. It does not commit the Council to any specific commissioning route or procurement process, and information shared during engagement will not be used to assess providers in any future procurement. Providers are encouraged to share views openly on opportunities, risks, innovation, delivery models, and market constraints. Engagement process description Interested providers are invited to respond to the pre-market engagement questions attached. Responses must be submitted via our electronic tender portal www.delta-esourcing.com by 17:00 on Wednesday 15 July 2026. Pre-market engagement provider meetings will be held virtually between 12 and 19 August 2026.

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Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-06bc0e
Publication Source: Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059377-2026
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

85141200 - Services provided by nurses

85323000 - Community health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value: £25,296,850 £10M-£100M
Lots Value: Not specified
Awards Value: Not specified
Contracts Value: Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date: 24 Jun 2026Today
Submission Deadline: Not specified
Future Notice Date: 15 Jul 20263 weeks to go
Award Date: Not specified
Contract Period: 30 Sep 2027 - 30 Sep 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence: Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status: Planning
Lots Status: Planning
Awards Status: Not Specified
Contracts Status: Not Specified

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Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer: SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL
Contact Name: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality: SHREWSBURY
Postcode: SY3 8HQ
Post Town: Shrewsbury
Country: England
Major Region (ITL 1): TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2): TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
Small Region (ITL 3): TLG22 Shropshire
Delivery Location: TLG22 Shropshire
Local Authority: Shropshire
Electoral Ward: Porthill
Westminster Constituency: Shrewsbury

Further Information

Notice Documents

https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059377-2026
24th June 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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