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title: "Tender for the Provision of a 0-19 Healthy Child Programme"
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# Tender for the Provision of a 0-19 Healthy Child Programme

Buyer: SEFTON COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-cad8efa3-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

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## Summary

Sefton Council has completed a procurement process for the "Tender for the Provision of a 0-19 Healthy Child Programme," aimed at enhancing public health services for children aged 0-19 in Sefton, North West England. The contract was awarded on 20 September 2016, with a total value of £28,926,705 over a contract period running from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2020, with an option for a two-year extension. This process followed an open procedure under the light touch regime of public contract regulations, with the tender period concluding on 29 July 2016.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health services, social work, and related sectors, particularly those experienced in providing public health solutions for children and families. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-suited to compete for this contract, which requires delivering comprehensive and collaborative health services to address local community needs effectively.

## Notice

Sefton has an age 0-19 population of 59,700; and of those 14,500 are under the age of 5 years. Public Health services are currently provided to the 0-19 age group through 3 separate contracts, which include Health Visiting, Family Nurse Partnership and School Nursing. Under the terms of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, upper-tier local authorities are responsible for improving the health of their local population and in relation to this hold an array of statutory duties for children, including: * establishing arrangements to reduce child poverty * promoting the interests of children in the development of health and wellbeing strategies (joining up commissioning plans for clinical and public health services with social care and education to address identified local health and wellbeing needs) * leading partners and the public to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare promoted * driving the high educational achievement of all children * leading, promoting and creating opportunities for co-operation with partners to improve the wellbeing of young people Sefton MBC's vision is "to give every child in Sefton the best start in life and help and support young people to make healthier life choices" and they intend to make this happen by securing the services of experienced and suitably qualified organisation to provide a universal public health service, providing expert information, assessment and interventions for babies, children, families and youg people of school age. Extensive review, engagement, consultation and market testing has been undertaken and influenced the specification for this new 0-19 Healthy Child Programme which will not be a like for like replacement of the model for school nursing, health visiting and family nurse practitioners currently delivered by Liverpool Community Health Trust and due to expire on 31st March 2017. The procurement falls in to the light touch regime category of the public contract regulations and Cabinet have authorised for the Director of Public Health to conduct an Open Procedure tender exercise to put the contract in place to run for a period of 3 years, with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years. A detailed specification is provided within the ITT.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dbc07acc-c599-47e2-b17d-ae1c0a73f024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Aug 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Jul 2016 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Sep 2016 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2017 - 31 Mar 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £28,926,705 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £28,926,705 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SEFTON COUNCIL |
| Locality | BOOTLE |
| Post town | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L20 3UU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD73 Sefton |
| Local authority | Sefton |
| Electoral ward | Linacre |
| Westminster constituency | Bootle |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | 5 BOROUGHS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services

## Release History

- 9 Aug 2017 at 15:27 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dbc07acc-c599-47e2-b17d-ae1c0a73f024
- 18 Nov 2016 at 20:16 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dbc07acc-c599-47e2-b17d-ae1c0a73f024

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dbc07acc-c599-47e2-b17d-ae1c0a73f024
  17th June 2016 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=e0cc5631-4690-e511-80fb-000c29c9ba21&v=2
  Advert

## Notice URLs

- http://www.sefton.gov.uk/

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