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title: "Start For Life (SfL) Workforce Pilot within Cambridge Community Services (CCS)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-043478"
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# Start For Life (SfL) Workforce Pilot within Cambridge Community Services (CCS)

Buyer: NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043478

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## Summary

The Norfolk County Council has awarded a contract for the delivery of a Start For Life (SfL) Workforce Pilot within Cambridge Community Services (CCS). The procurement falls under Health and social work services, with a focus on supporting families within the Norfolk Western locality through antenatal services and mandatory checks up to age 2. The Council awarded the contract without prior publication of a call for competition under Direct Award Process A.

This tender provides opportunities for business growth in the health and social work services industry. Businesses offering clinical and non-clinical services for family support are well-suited to compete. The contract, led by Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust, aims to enhance health visiting services, offering potential for service providers to expand their offerings to specific family and child cohorts within Norfolk's health care sector.

## Notice

The Award is for delivery of a nationally funded Start For Life (SfL) Workforce Pilot within Cambridge Community Services (CCS). CCS will provide a structure of clinical, and non-clinical staff who can support families within the Norfolk Western locality with face to Face appointments. Delivery will be designed to support both antenatal service delivery, and mandatory checks up to and including the age of 2.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Award is for delivery of a nationally funded Start For Life (SfL) Workforce Pilot within Cambridge Community Services (CCS). CCS will provide a structure of clinical, and non-clinical staff who can support families within the Norfolk Western locality with Face to Face appointments. Delivery will be designed to support both antenatal service delivery, and mandatory checks up to and including the age of 2. Additional information: This award is under the Health Care Services ( Provider Selection Regime) 2024 - Direct Award Process A. The values in this notice are the minimum and maximum that maybe needed during the life of this pilot contract.

### Procurement Information

Direct award process A must be used when all of the following apply: * there is an existing provider of the health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate * the relevant authority is satisfied that the health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate can only be provided by the existing provider (or group of providers) due to the nature of the health care services The Start for Life Workforce Pilot exists as an enhancement of the current Health Visitor led Start For Life offering. The pilot seeks to broaden the workforce, supplementing the existing provision with a new Band 3 and Band 4 workforce, and Band 7 Clinical Management staff. These staff will continue to work within the existing Start For Life framework. Cambridge Community Services (CCS) are the existing and only provider of such services in Norfolk and as such are already responsible for delivering within the provision to which the Workforce Pilot relates. Contractually, CCS are already responsible for the delivery, including the recruitment of the Health Visitor resources and there are no other providers of Health Visiting services in Norfolk. The monies from central government have clear definition requirements that the Workforce Pilot will only be able to target specific family and child cohorts and success criteria for the Pilot, requires data sets spanning multiple, overlapping service providers within the same service.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002585-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Jan 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | NORWICH |
| Post town | Norwich |
| Postcode | NR1 2DH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH5 Norfolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk |
| Local authority | Norwich |
| Electoral ward | Lakenham |
| Westminster constituency | Norwich South |
| Delivery location | TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk, TLH16 North and West Norfolk, TLH17 Breckland and South Norfolk |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES NHS TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 25 Jan 2024 at 12:44 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002585-2024
- 25 Jan 2024 at 11:34 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002558-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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