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title: "Early Intervention & Prevent Support for Families"
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# Early Intervention & Prevent Support for Families

Buyer: THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-065632

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## Summary

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees has awarded a contract titled "Early Intervention & Prevent Support for Families," focused on health and social work services. This service aims to integrate with the Healthy Child Programme and support council priorities such as school readiness and family assistance through the Healthy Start scheme, safety interventions, and childhood accident prevention e-learning. This procurement process falls under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) and was awarded via a direct award process without a prior call for competition, concluding the formal award on 27th February 2026. The contract is set to commence on 1st April 2026 and end on 31st March 2027, with a total value of £103,000. Businesses in and around Huddersfield, UK, are the key locations involved in this procurement within the services category.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for enterprises specialising in health and social work services, particularly those offering innovative approaches to service delivery for children and families. Businesses capable of managing community-based initiatives, and providing training and safety equipment, as well as those skilled in digital solutions for training and education, will find valuable opportunities for growth. Local SMEs, like Fresh Futures (NCC) which was awarded the contract, can leverage this to expand their footprint in the public sector by demonstrating value for money, service quality, and integration capabilities within the Kirklees system. The contract emphasises collaboration, social value, and efforts to reduce health inequalities, potentially opening avenues for local partnerships and community engagement initiatives.

## Notice

The service will provide services which integrate with the Healthy Child Programme and contribute to the achievement of High Impact Areas via services that are universal in reach but targeted at level of need. The service also supports broader council priorities beyond public health, including school readiness. The Fresh Futures focus is for 'Early Intervention and Prevention' for children, young people, parents and their families specifically through: * Facilitation and management of national Healthy Start scheme * Delivery of Safety in the Home interventions * Childhood Accident Prevention e-Learning In scope of the 'Early Intervention and Prevention' contract are the following elements: 1 The national Healthy Start Scheme for Kirklees (Get help to buy food and milk (Healthy Start). * Ensuring those in receipt of the Healthy Start Voucher can access the Healthy Start Vitamins. * Promotion/communication of vouchers and vitamin provision. * Utilisation of community-based activities for promotion and engagement with the scheme e.g. Community Champion model. * Ordering of vitamins and subsequent distribution and availability through accessible referral networks and venues. * Register of distributers, distribution breakdown and data recorded and submitted. Distribution reimbursement pathways followed. * Attendance at local, regional and national meetings * Monitoring of data and performance, and sharing with commissioners. 2 Safety in the Home (Childhood Accident Prevention) programme. * Provide the Safety in the Home equipment and information scheme to 317 identified and/or vulnerable families meeting the relevant criteria per annum. * Raise awareness of the scheme with relevant professionals, including criteria-based referral process. * Provision and fitting of Safety in the Home equipment by appropriately qualified team. 3 Online Childhood Accident Prevention training. * Provision of an online Child Accident E-learning module for parents and professionals, including access, updates and maintenance of the module. * Module to support identification of risks that are common causes of childhood accidents, understand steps to take to reduce identified risks, support families to make changes to keep children safe.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The service will provide services which integrate with the Healthy Child Programme and contribute to the achievement of High Impact Areas via services that are universal in reach but targeted at level of need. The service also supports broader council priorities beyond public health, including school readiness. The Fresh Futures focus is for 'Early Intervention and Prevention' for children, young people, parents and their families specifically through: * Facilitation and management of national Healthy Start scheme * Delivery of Safety in the Home interventions * Childhood Accident Prevention e-Learning In scope of the 'Early Intervention and Prevention' contract are the following elements: 1 The national Healthy Start Scheme for Kirklees (Get help to buy food and milk (Healthy Start). * Ensuring those in receipt of the Healthy Start Voucher can access the Healthy Start Vitamins. * Promotion/communication of vouchers and vitamin provision. * Utilisation of community-based activities for promotion and engagement with the scheme e.g. Community Champion model. * Ordering of vitamins and subsequent distribution and availability through accessible referral networks and venues. * Register of distributers, distribution breakdown and data recorded and submitted. Distribution reimbursement pathways followed. * Attendance at local, regional and national meetings * Monitoring of data and performance, and sharing with commissioners. 2 Safety in the Home (Childhood Accident Prevention) programme. * Provide the Safety in the Home equipment and information scheme to 317 identified and/or vulnerable families meeting the relevant criteria per annum. * Raise awareness of the scheme with relevant professionals, including criteria-based referral process. * Provision and fitting of Safety in the Home equipment by appropriately qualified team. 3 Online Childhood Accident Prevention training. * Provision of an online Child Accident E-learning module for parents and professionals, including access, updates and maintenance of the module. * Module to support identification of risks that are common causes of childhood accidents, understand steps to take to reduce identified risks, support families to make changes to keep children safe. Awarding a contract following Direct Award Process C. Start Date 1st April 2026 till 31st March 2027. Additional information: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations Explanation: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by Providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 26th February 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; This notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

### Procurement Information

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations Explanation: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by Providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 26th February 2026.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017828-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Feb 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Feb 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £103,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES |
| Locality | HUDDERSFIELD |
| Post town | Huddersfield |
| Postcode | HD1 2TA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees |
| Local authority | Kirklees |
| Electoral ward | Newsome |
| Westminster constituency | Huddersfield |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FRESH FUTURES (NCC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 27 Feb 2026 at 11:46 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017828-2026
- 17 Feb 2026 at 14:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014382-2026

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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