--- title: "Adult Healthy Behavior Service Market Engagement" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-066f95" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-066f95" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-066f95.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-066f95.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON" published: "2026-03-19" --- # Adult Healthy Behavior Service Market Engagement Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-066f95 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-066f95) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-066f95.json) ## Summary The London Borough of Croydon is currently in the planning stage for procuring an Adult Healthy Behaviour Service, with the process initiated as a tender under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This procurement focuses on health and social work services in Croydon, UKI62 region, aiming to provide structured support for smoking cessation, alcohol reduction, and weight management among adults. The procurement does not comply with the Procurement Act 2023 but is aligned with the Health Care Services Regulations 2023. A Market Engagement event is scheduled for 16th April 2026 at 2pm at The Braithwaite Hall, Croydon Clocktower, offering potential providers a chance to explore collaboration opportunities. Interested parties can register their attendance by expressing their interest via specified communication channels. The tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health promotion and services targeted at reducing health inequalities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community, and Faith Sector (VCFS) organisations would be particularly well-positioned to collaborate as lead providers and partners, delivering a neighbourhood-based Adult Healthy Behaviours service. This venture could lead to long-term business growth, given the contract period running from September 2026 to August 2031. Leveraging local knowledge and existing community networks could help providers tailor services to the priority groups outlined by Croydon Council, increasing the effectiveness and reach of health improvement initiatives. ## Notice This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Market Engagement Notice. The procurement of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this procurement. Introduction Croydon Council are looking to procure an Adult Healthy Behaviours Service, providing structured support for smoking cessation, alcohol reduction and overweight / obesity weight management. The aim of the service is to: Contribute to the reduction in health inequalities, including socio-economic, ethnic and gender inequalities. Increase life expectancy in the borough by actively targeting specific priority groups. Reduce differences in healthy life expectancy between communities. Targeting services at residents at the greatest risk of poor healthy life expectancy. Contribute to the reduction of preventable ill health by reducing heart disease, stroke, and some cancers. Improve health outcomes and quality of life, with a better chance of putting in place positive ways to substantially reduce the risk of cardiovascular morbidity, premature death, or disability. The service is required to provide support which allows individuals to modify their behaviour. To reduce risk factors that contribute to early death and reduced quality of life namely: Smoking: Contribute to the overall reduction of the number of people that smoke. Healthy Weight: Promote a healthy weight amongst adults to reduce rates of obesity and overweight. Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice: Promote knowledge of the harms caused by excessive alcohol consumption. To screen those residents drinking at increasing and high-risk levels. Nutrition: Increase knowledge around the nutritional content of foods, by raising awareness to harms caused by energy dense foods that are high in fats and sugars as well as by the promotion of healthy nutritional diets. Health Promotion: Deliver opportunistic health education advice to further promote access to health and wellbeing e.g., being physically active, dental care, immunisations and screening, flu jabs, or NHS Health Checks. To promote Better Health national campaigns. Service Design To address the needs of those in priority groups and areas of high Indices of Deprivation we will be procuring the following model: A lead provider, working in collaboration with local voluntary, community and faith sector (VCFS) providers to deliver a neighbourhood-based Adult Healthy Behaviours service. This will allow us to provide better outcomes for residents, reflect population needs, address service challenges and maximise opportunities. Market Engagement Event We wish to invite prospective service providers as well as Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector (VCFS) representatives. To outline our requirements, answer questions, as well as begin conversations between providers and the VCFS, as to how they can best work together. Date: April 16th 2026 Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm Place: The Braithwaite Hall, Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon CR0 1NX Please register your interest to attend by clicking on the Express your Interest button, and send us a message including the following details: Your Organization name. Name & Job title of the delegates. Email addresses of delegates. On behalf of Croydon Council, we look forward to your attendance. ### Planning Information Market Engagement event 16th April at 2pm ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025450-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | 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 | 19 Mar 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 16 Apr 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2031 | | 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 | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON | | Locality | CROYDON | | Post town | Croydon | | Postcode | CR0 1EA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South | | ITL 3 | TLI62 Croydon | | Local authority | Croydon | | Electoral ward | Fairfield | | Westminster constituency | Croydon West | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 19 Mar 2026 at 16:55 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025450-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025450-2026 19th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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