--- title: "Brent Health Educator Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Partners" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-43da07cd-6e61-4e78-9b82-071d0f18d280" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-43da07cd-6e61-4e78-9b82-071d0f18d280" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-43da07cd-6e61-4e78-9b82-071d0f18d280.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-43da07cd-6e61-4e78-9b82-071d0f18d280.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT" published: "2021-01-29" --- # Brent Health Educator Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Partners Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-43da07cd-6e61-4e78-9b82-071d0f18d280 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-43da07cd-6e61-4e78-9b82-071d0f18d280) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-43da07cd-6e61-4e78-9b82-071d0f18d280.json) ## Summary The London Borough of Brent is initiating a tender process titled "Brent Health Educator Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Partners", aimed at addressing health inequalities within the borough through the recruitment and management of 20-40 Health Educators. This opportunity falls under the health and social work services category, with a total contract value of £250,000. Currently in the planning stage, the procurement is set to engage interested providers until the engagement milestone deadline on 4th February 2021, at 11:59 PM. A provider engagement session is scheduled for 5th February 2021 to furnish potential bidders with data on the programme and the procurement approach. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses that have robust connections with local communities, particularly those within the voluntary and community sectors (VCS), to grow and extend their service capabilities. Organisations that can provide training, advice, and support to diverse community groups will be ideally positioned to submit bids across the five designated lots. Engaging with this procurement process can enhance business outreach and offer valuable support to address health disparities within the area, fostering a collaborative approach with the council and NHS partners. ## Notice Brent Council, along with NHS partners, are looking to work with voluntary and community sector partners to recruit and manage 20-40 Health Educators across the borough, to provide training, advice and support to communities across the borough in addressing health inequalities. Extensive support will be provided by the council and NHS partners to train and support the Health Educators, and successful bidders will be expected to work closely with other partners to ensure consistency and high quality and integrity to the support provided. We will be opening up for bids from organisations with a strong connection to the communities that they represent. Bids will be invited in 5 different 'lots' covering 5 different discrete areas of the borough. Organisations may bid for one or multiple lots/areas. Interested providers are invited to attend a provider engagement session to be held on 5th February 2021 The event will provide providers with further information on the services and procurement process. Providers interested in attending the online provider engagement session must book their place by expressing an interest and completing the template using the messaging system of the online portal no later than 9pm 4th February 2021. Providers are asked to limit the number of attendees to no more than 1 representative. This Notice does not constitute a commitment by the Council to undertake any procurement exercise and the Council reserves the right to change its approach. A separate notice will be published if a procurement exercise is undertaken. The registration documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https:// procontract.due-north.com/ ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/68199f9c-03f6-4fc3-a6d9-047bb6f409d2 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 29 Jan 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 4 Feb 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £250,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT | | Locality | WEMBLEY | | Post town | Harrow | | Postcode | HA9 0FJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West | | ITL 3 | TLI72 Brent | | Local authority | Brent | | Electoral ward | Wembley Park | | Westminster constituency | Brent West | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 29 Jan 2021 at 19:11 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/68199f9c-03f6-4fc3-a6d9-047bb6f409d2 - 29 Jan 2021 at 13:15 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b91dbfc-b79a-4b8b-9cf4-9868914f3388 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/68199f9c-03f6-4fc3-a6d9-047bb6f409d2 29th January 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b91dbfc-b79a-4b8b-9cf4-9868914f3388 29th January 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.brent.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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