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title: "Babies, Children and Young People Modern Service Framework"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f6e3"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NHS England"
published: "2026-09-15"
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# Babies, Children and Young People Modern Service Framework

Buyer: NHS England  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f6e3

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## Summary

NHS England is developing a Modern Service Framework for babies, children and young people aged 0 to 25, with maternity and neonatal services outside scope. The work aims to support more proactive, personalised and integrated care, with greater emphasis on prevention, early intervention, reducing inequalities and coordinated support closer to home. It addresses children’s physical and mental health, healthy living, vaccination, oral health, obesity, special educational needs and disabilities, education, social care and wider life chances. Potential activity spans health and social work services, education and training, digital and telecommunications services, medical products and equipment, food and catering, sport and recreation, retail, design and technology. NHS England is the buying organisation, with activity intended to support communities and services across England.

This process is at the planning stage and is an early market engagement exercise, not a call for competition or an invitation to tender. NHS England expects to use a virtual engagement forum to explain its ambitions, gather views and discuss possible collaboration before any formal opportunity is launched. The forum is planned for 6 October 2026, from 15:30 to 17:00. Organisations wishing to attend are expected to register by 12:00 on 29 September 2026. The planned engagement period runs from 29 September to 6 October 2026. The stated administrative value is £0 because this is not a procurement. There is one planned area of activity, and participation is identified as suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.

The engagement is intended for public, private and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations involved in, or interested in, improving health outcomes for babies, children and young people. It will suit organisations able to contribute to integrated services spanning physical and mental health, prevention, early intervention, public health, education, special educational needs and disabilities, digital care and community support. Relevant capabilities may also include medical and pharmaceutical supply, audiology, pharmacy, food and healthy-living services, sport and recreation, training, information technology, communications, design and planning, and services supporting children and families. NHS England is seeking practical ideas, partnership models and innovative approaches that can improve outcomes, coordinate care, reduce inequalities and move support closer to neighbourhoods, schools and families.

## Notice

Early Market Engagement Notice Foreword NHS England is exploring collaboration opportunities with stakeholders from the private, public and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sectors who are interested in helping to improve the health and life chances of babies, children and young people. Prior to formally launching this opportunity, we are hosting a virtual engagement forum on Tuesday 6th October, 15:30 - 17:00. This will be a chance for organisations to learn more about our ambitions, feed into the development of our approach and discuss any ideas and suggestions they may have to collaboratively improve the health of children and young people. NHS England recognises the Department of Health and Social Care has recently launched a Child Poverty Market engagement notice https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062438-2026 . While there are some shared themes, the two initiatives have separate objectives. The DHSC programme is focused specifically on child poverty, whereas this market engagement seeks to explore a broader range of opportunities to improve outcomes for babies, children and young people. Since this is neither a call for competition nor a procurement, for administrative and technical reasons, it's been assigned a monetary value of PS0.

### Planning Information

Background
England has some of the world’s highest quality and innovative health services for children. However, children and their families are navigating a system that is disjointed, with care siloed into mental and physical health, and centralised rather than designed around where children spend most of their time – in neighbourhoods and schools.
The overall disease burden is changing and growing with 1 in 5 children aged 8-16 now experiencing probable mental health disorder which is compounded by wider societal challenges including screen time and social media; and about a quarter of 10–11-year-olds are living with obesity with trends suggesting that 41% of children could be overweight or obese by 2035. 
Children are not defined by single conditions: there is substantial overlap between mental and physical health conditions, but our health services have been configured to treat them separately. Alongside this, school absence has risen significantly since the pandemic, with nearly one in five children persistently absent, with much of this linked to ill health.
Children’s health is shaped by a complex range of factors that influence their lifelong health and life chances, and we need to respond to the key challenges around child health which include the following areas:
• Rising demand 
• Healthcare services are under strain and parents lack confidence in managing minor childhood illnesses. There is also an over-reliance on hospital care due to the lack of availability of care in the community.
• A decrease in early and preventative interventions means support is often given too late and are not always joined up with public health services. Vaccination, oral health and healthy living are three areas where early intervention can deliver lifelong benefits and reduce health inequalities. 
• More than 1 in 5 CYP have a probable mental health disorder. And there is a real increase in distress, particularly among young people, with increasing effects on education, work and everyday functioning. 
• There are over 1.8 million pupils in England with SEND. The most common type of need among children with SEN support is speech, language and communication needs, followed by social, emotional and mental health needs.
• Health system structures can be very fragmented when they are designed around the clinical pathway rather than the child. Children now present with more diagnoses, more co-morbidities and more chronic and life-limiting conditions than a decade ago. These children often have to have multiple appointments and cannot get all their needs met at once, increasing the burden on families and days missed from school. 
A Modern Service Framework for children and young people 
NHS England is developing a Modern Service Framework (MSF) for babies, children and young people that will support the NHS and system partners to improve health services for babies, children, and young people and their parents and carers. The scope of this framework is to support children aged zero to 25, with maternity and neonates being out of scope.
The MSF will support the government’s ambition to raise the healthiest generation ever and sets out priority actions in achieving a step change in care delivery across children’s health services. 
Our ambition is that by 2035, babies, children, young people and their families will experience more proactive, personalised, integrated care, with a stronger focus on prevention, early intervention, reducing inequalities and delivering joined-up support closer to home. 
Care will be tailored to individual needs, better coordinated across services, and designed to improve outcomes and experiences throughout childhood and into adulthood. This will be underpinned by digital innovation, with technology enabling safer, more personalised and coordinated care.
Market Engagement Opportunity
To support the delivery of the MSF, NHS England is interested in collaborating with private, public and/ or VCSE organisations and are hosting a virtual engagement forum to hear your views and discuss how we can work together to achieve our ambitions. 
To be eligible to attend this forum, you must be a public or private sector organisation or VCSE involved, or interested in, improving health outcomes for babies, children and young people. 
The virtual engagement forum will be held on Tuesday 6th October, 15:30 – 17:00. 
To register your interest please follow this link to register: Babies, children and young people Modern Service Framework partnership opportunity – https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MIwnYaiRMUyMH-9N6Jc6HCRBnigXHmBNjiyrXXnP2_xUOTgyTjFNSUlRVENNRjZKNU1SVjFGOE1DMi4u 
Joining instructions will be sent to eligible organisations who have requested to attend. The deadline for responses is 12pm on 29th September 2026.
In the event that there are a significant number of organisations that meet the eligibility criteria, NHS England reserve the right to close the registration link early and attendance will be allocated on a first come first served basis. 
If you have any issues accessing the link or have specific questions around the market engagement, please contact: england.cyp.msfpartnerships@nhs.net

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087337-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 29 Sep 2026 - 6 Oct 2026 |
| 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 | NHS England |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 8UG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth |
| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 22 - Printed matter and related products
- 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 37 - Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
- 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services
- 66 - Financial and insurance services
- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services
- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 15800000 - Miscellaneous food products
- 22110000 - Printed books
- 31500000 - Lighting equipment and electric lamps
- 32000000 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 33185000 - Hearing aids
- 33600000 - Pharmaceutical products
- 37000000 - Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
- 37400000 - Sports goods and equipment
- 37524000 - Games
- 39000000 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 44800000 - Paints, varnishes and mastics
- 44812000 - Artists' paints
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 55000000 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
- 55500000 - Canteen and catering services
- 55900000 - Retail trade services
- 64200000 - Telecommunications services
- 66110000 - Banking services
- 71200000 - Architectural and related services
- 71220000 - Architectural design services
- 71240000 - Architectural, engineering and planning services
- 71420000 - Landscape architectural services
- 72222300 - Information technology services
- 77330000 - Floral-display services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80300000 - Higher education services
- 80340000 - Special education services
- 85100000 - Health services
- 85121240 - ENT or audiologist services
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
- 92610000 - Sports facilities operation services

## Release History

- 15 Sep 2026 at 14:05 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087337-2026
- 10 Sep 2026 at 14:09 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085916-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087337-2026
  15th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085916-2026
  10th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MIwnYaiRMUyMH-9N6Jc6HCRBnigXHmBNjiyrXXnP2_xUOTgyTjFNSUlRVENNRjZKNU1SVjFGOE1DMi4u
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062438-2026
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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