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Childrens Community Health Services

NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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Planning

10 Aug 2026 at 11:18

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board, Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council are reviewing community-based health services for children, young people and families across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. The proposed service area covers community children’s health services, including integrated and multidisciplinary care, prevention and early intervention, support for children and young people with additional needs, disabilities or long-term conditions, and collaboration between health, local authority and other stakeholders. It may also involve workforce, digital and service transformation, with a focus on improving access, outcomes and experience. The procurement is for services delivered across the BNSSG area, with the ICB as the named buyer and NHS South Central and West providing procurement advice.

This process is at the planning stage and is currently market engagement rather than an invitation to tender. The Commissioners have not decided the future service scope, delivery model, contract structure, procurement procedure or Provider Selection Regime pathway; all options remain under consideration. They intend to use provider feedback to shape commissioning and future procurement arrangements. A virtual Microsoft Teams engagement event is expected on 9 September 2026, with further virtual or face-to-face events potentially following. The contract is planned to run from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2038. One service lot is identified as being in planning. The recorded estimated value is £0 gross, in GBP, and the service is marked above threshold.

The engagement is intended for organisations that deliver, support or partner in community children’s health services and related services for children, young people and families. It is open to NHS providers, independent-sector organisations, voluntary-sector bodies and partnerships or consortia. Relevant suppliers should be able to demonstrate capability in community-based health provision, integrated and multidisciplinary models, prevention, early intervention and services for children with additional needs, disabilities or long-term conditions. Experience of working collaboratively with health bodies, councils and other stakeholders will be useful, as will insight into workforce planning, digital development, service transformation and improving access and outcomes. Providers with innovative models and the capacity to support integrated care over a long-term service period are particularly well placed to contribute.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Childrens Community Health Services

Notice Description

Children & Young People Community Health Services under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Planning Information

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board, Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council ("the Commissioners") are responsible for commissioning health and care services for children, young people and families across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). The Commissioners are commencing a programme of market engagement to help inform future commissioning arrangements for community-based children's and young people's health services across BNSSG. The Commissioners are currently reviewing how community children's services are commissioned and delivered across the system to ensure that future arrangements continue to meet the needs of children, young people and families, support improved outcomes, and deliver high-quality, integrated services. At this stage, no decisions have been made regarding the future scope of services, commissioning approach, service delivery model, contract structure, procurement process, or Provider Selection Regime (PSR) pathway. The Commissioners are therefore seeking early engagement with the market to understand provider perspectives, innovation, capability and capacity across the sector. Purpose of the Market Engagement This market engagement is intended to: • Inform the market of the Commissioners' review of community children's services across BNSSG • Seek feedback and insight from providers on proposed modelling, opportunities, challenges and priorities for future service delivery • To enable potential bidders to understand the potential capabilities, experience and capacity of organisations that may be required in the delivery of community children's services • Begin to explore the transformation journey and the potential for collaborative approaches in delivering integrated care for children, young people and families over the contract period • Gather any further information that may help shape the commissioning intent, service models and procurement approaches • Support transparent, fair and proportionate decision-making in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime Feedback received through this engagement process will be used to help inform the Commissioners' strategic thinking and modelling. To reiterate, no decisions have yet been made regarding the procurement or commissioning approach. All options remain under consideration. Scope of Engagement The Commissioners are interested in obtaining views from organisations with experience of delivering, supporting or partnering in the provision of community children's health services and related services for children, young people and families. The engagement is intended to be broad in scope and may cover areas including, but not limited to: • Community-based health services for children and young people • Integrated and multidisciplinary models of care • Prevention and early intervention approaches • How the services may support children and young people with additional needs, disabilities or long-term conditions • Collaboration between health, local authority, and other stakeholders • Workforce, digital and service transformation opportunities • Approaches to improving access, outcomes and experience for children, young people and families The Commissioners are seeking to start the market engagement with a virtual (MS TEAMS) event that is due to take place on Wednesday 9th September 2026. It is intended that future events will take place, these may be held either virtually or face to face. Participation is voluntary and open to all interested providers, including NHS, independent sector, voluntary sector, and partnerships/consortia. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number: C462766 ), to gain full access you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. You MUST complete your registration for this event via the Microsoft Forms application via this opportunity.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dfde
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075620-2026
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

85323000 - Community health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Aug 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2028 - 1 Apr 2038 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
NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Additional Buyers

Bristol City Council

NHS England

North Somerset Council

South Gloucestershire Council

Contact Name
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS1 6AG
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK51 Bristol, City of
Delivery Location
TLK11 Bristol, City of
Local Authority
Bristol, City of
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Bristol Central

Further Information

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