--- title: "Public Health Community Nursing" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0372d2" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0372d2" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0372d2.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0372d2.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL" published: "2022-10-04" --- # Public Health Community Nursing Buyer: BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0372d2 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0372d2) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0372d2.json) ## Summary The Brighton & Hove City Council has initiated a tender process for the provision of the Public Health Community Nursing (PHCN) Service. This service includes Health Visiting and School Nursing services in Brighton and Hove. The contract period is set for an initial 4 years from April 1, 2024, with potential extensions. The total contract value is £35,816,000. The deadline for submission of expressions of interest is October 25, 2022, with the tender process being in the "active" stage. This tender opportunity presents a chance for service providers with expertise in delivering clinical services to infants, children, and young people to engage in the delivery of essential public health services. Businesses with experience in safeguarding practices, community health services, and data monitoring capabilities would be well-suited to compete. The procurement method is "selective", with specific technical criteria outlined for supplier selection, focusing on the ability to deliver quality clinical services and adhere to monitoring requirements set by the Council. ## Notice Brighton & Hove City Council are releasing a PIN as a Call for Competition for the provision of the Public Health Community Nursing (PHCN) Service. Please note the requirements and procedure for submitting expressions of interest via email, further in this notice. The PHCN service encompasses the delivery of Health Visiting and School Nursing services in Brighton and Hove. Health Visiting teams are based in the City's Children's Centres alongside community Midwifery teams. Health Visitors are supported by a team of Early Years Coordinators employed by the Council. Health Visitors work closely with Children's Social Work in multi-agency safeguarding casework and with the Looked After Children's team providing the Healthy Futures offer to young and vulnerable mothers, The School Nurse Team provides health and wellbeing support to pupils in school alongside delivery of Vision and Hearing Screening and National Child Measurement Programme Screening in Reception and Year 6. School Nursing also plays a role in the delivery of immunisations in secondary schools and the delivers preventative interventions including smoking, healthy eating, physical activity, sexual health and mental health and wellbeing. The proposed contract is for the full delivery of the PHCN service. The current service is delivered under an existing contract. As a result, it is highly likely that a large pool of existing NHS clinical staff would potentially be eligible for transfer under TUPE. Quality Standards and essential requirements of Service Provider: The Service Provider: * must have a strong track record of successfully delivering clinical services to babies and young children 0-5 years, their birthing and non-birthing parents and to school age children and young people and their families; * must have an excellent track record in delivering clinical service to safeguarding best practice; * must demonstrate it has the capacity to deliver the required monitoring data to the national Community Services Data Set and to local monitoring and evaluation process; * will be required to enter into rental agreements with the Council to enable Health visiting service delivery from the Council's Children's Centres/Family Hubs; and * will be required to source their own office space for administrative and management staff and the school nursing team. Contract Period An initial term of four (4) years from 1st April 2024 to March 31st 2028 with optional extension periods of up to a further four (4) years, broken down into two two-year extension periods, subject to performance. Please note, the PHCN service is funded via the Public Health Grant. This Grant is awarded to local authorities from Central Government on an annual basis and as a result, precise levels of future funding are not currently known. Additionally, national salary uplifts relating to NHS staff may have an impact on the delivery cost of this contract. Financial provision for addressing the cost of these uplifts is again subject to Central Government guidance. As a result of these two factors, the estimated contract value below is based on current funding levels in 2022/23. The Service Provider will be required to work with the Council to adapt the service to changing policy and guidance throughout the lift of the contract. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Interested and appropriately skilled, experienced and qualified providers must submit an expression of interest via email to edward.barfoot@brighton-hove.gov.uk by 10:00 on Tuesday 25th October 2022 Their expression of interest should include a summary of (maximum 750 words): - Their experience and track record of delivering comparable services to those required; - The availability of staff to deliver the services from April 2024 or plans to address the staffing requirement; These services are listed under Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and any subsequent competition will be undertaken in accordance with the "Light Touch Regime". The Council may award this contract without further publication. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027844-2022 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 4 Oct 2022 | | Submission deadline | 25 Oct 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £35,816,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | HOVE | | Post town | Brighton | | Postcode | BN3 3BQ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex | | ITL 3 | TLJ21 Brighton and Hove | | Local authority | Brighton and Hove | | Electoral ward | Central Hove | | Westminster constituency | Hove and Portslade | | Delivery location | TLJ21 Brighton and Hove | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85323000 - Community health services ## Release History - 4 Oct 2022 at 13:08 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027844-2022 ## Notice URLs - http://mailto:edward.barfoot@brighton-hove.gov.uk - http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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