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title: "Prevention and Early Years Schemes"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ab89"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD"
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# Prevention and Early Years Schemes

Buyer: CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ab89

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## Summary

The procurement process under discussion involves the Prevention and Early Years Schemes, spearheaded by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, with support from NHS Wales Shared Services Partnerships managing the procurement. The initiative is aimed at reducing health inequalities and enhancing long-term wellbeing across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. This procurement falls under the services category and operates under a grant funding agreement, as outlined in the Procurement Act 2023 exempted contract schedule. The process is directly awarded without competition and includes schemes focusing on health and sustainability for pre-school children, enhanced time credits for community engagement, and ethnic minority engagement, all located in the United Kingdom (region UKL22). The awards were announced on 2nd June 2026, with contracts commencing on 15th June 2026 and running until 31st March 2027, managed by Cardiff Council and Vale of Glamorgan Council among others.

These schemes present substantial opportunities for business growth, especially for organisations focused on health and social services, community action, and public engagement initiatives. Businesses offering training, community outreach, and health promotion services are well-placed to benefit from this procurement initiative. The emphasis on expanding services in high-need areas, increasing engagement in disadvantaged communities, and fostering culturally sensitive health interventions can suit businesses keen on corporate responsibility and community development. By participating, businesses can enhance their footprint in public service delivery while contributing to meaningful social impact in the region.

## Notice

This contract represents a new requirement for the continuation of the Prevention of Early Years Schemes, set out to reduce health inequalities and improve long-term wellbeing across Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan by promoting early intervention, strengthening community engagement, and increasing equitable access to preventative health, wellbeing, and sustainability initiatives. Scheme One: Healthy and Sustainable Pre-School Scheme (Cardiff Council) Aims to improve the health and wellbeing of pre-school children by working with childcare settings to promote healthy eating, oral health, and physical activity. It supports early intervention, staff training, family engagement, and a whole-setting approach to creating healthy environments. This scheme works directly with childcare settings across Cardiff and the Vale to promote healthy eating, oral health, and physical activity among young children. It provides training, resources, and accreditation support to staff, helping them adopt a whole-setting approach to health. Family engagement is encouraged through events like health fairs, while expansion efforts target high-need areas to increase the scheme's reach and long-term impact. Scheme Two: Enhanced Time Credit Approach (Vale of Glamorgan Council) Using volunteering to tackle social isolation, improve wellbeing, and address economic and environmental challenges in disadvantaged communities. It encourages skill-building, active lifestyles, and local engagement, with a focus on social value and corporate responsibility. Using a time banking model, this scheme encourages people in disadvantaged communities to volunteer and earn credits they can spend on wellbeing-related opportunities. It tackles social isolation, builds skills for employment, and promotes environmental responsibility through community activities. Local businesses are engaged to support and participate in the scheme, with a new model called 'Value in the Vale' being launched and evaluated for wider impact. Scheme Three: Ethnic Minority Engagement (Cardiff Council) Aims to reduce health inequalities in ethnic minority communities by improving access to preventative services like childhood immunisations and bowel cancer screening. It builds on pandemic-era partnerships to enhance trust, engagement, and culturally appropriate health promotion. This scheme builds on successful pandemic-era partnerships to improve access to preventative health services in ethnic minority communities. It focuses initially on increasing uptake of childhood immunisations and bowel cancer screening through culturally sensitive engagement, events, and communication materials. The project works with community groups and stakeholders to identify barriers and develop effective, trust-building solutions that will later expand to promote healthy weight and physical activity. Procurement route: The grant funding the project from WG is provided to support the recipient's delivery of public services aligned with their statutory responsibilities. There is no expectation of specific services being purchased by the awarding body for its own direct use. The recipients are not acting as a contractor or supplier but is instead utilising the funding to carry out its own public functions. This arrangement constitutes a grant funding agreement and is therefore not considered a public contract under the Procurement Act 2023. This procurement will be directly awarded under Exempted Contract Schedule 2.3.3 of Procurement Act 2023. Although the requirement does not constitute for the standard procurement procedures, a Transparency Notice will be published outlining the works as best practice.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051947-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Jun 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Contract period | 14 Jun 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £109,800 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD |
| Additional buyers | NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIPS |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Post town | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF14 4HH |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend |
| Local authority | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Electoral ward | Taff's Well |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | CARDIFF COUNCIL; VALE OF GLAMORGAN COUNCIL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85322000 - Community action programme
- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 2 Jun 2026 at 13:42 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051947-2026
- 2 Jun 2026 at 13:14 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051921-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051947-2026
  2nd June 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051921-2026
  2nd June 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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