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title: "Healthy Child Programme - Intention to Award Notice (Direct Award Process C - PSR)"
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buyer: "Norfolk County Council"
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# Healthy Child Programme - Intention to Award Notice (Direct Award Process C - PSR)

Buyer: Norfolk County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077b16

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## Summary

Norfolk County Council commissions the Healthy Child Programme as community health services for children and families across Norfolk. The universal programme covers children from before birth to age 19, or 24 for those with additional needs. Services include health visiting for children aged 0–5, hearing and vision screening for primary-age children, health information and advice for older children, mainly through school nurses, and advice, information and signposting for parents and children. The Council arranges delivery through external providers. The work is delivered across Norfolk.

The process has been awarded to East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust, the incumbent provider. The contract was signed on 28 September 2026 and is valued at £17,276,700. The award is for a 12-month contract. The Council used Direct Award Process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, concluding that the existing provider met requirements and was likely to continue doing so. The assessment considered performance against key performance indicators, the Provider Selection Regime’s key criteria and basic selection criteria. The stated criteria weight quality and innovation at 25%, integration, collaboration and service sustainability at 45%, access, health inequalities and choice at 20%, and social value at 10%; price is pass/fail. The Council is also undertaking a separate, wider procurement for a potential contract of up to 9.5 years.

For suppliers competing for similar Norfolk services, this award shows that the Council places substantial weight on service integration, collaboration and sustainability, alongside quality, innovation, access, reducing health inequalities, choice and social value. Price is treated as a pass/fail requirement in the stated evaluation criteria. A credible provider would need to demonstrate effective delivery across the programme’s varied services, from health visiting and screening to school-age health advice and family signposting. The Council’s decision relied on evidence of performance against applicable key performance indicators and satisfaction of basic selection criteria. The selected provider had delivered the programme for the Council since 2015, indicating that a strong track record of sustained delivery and the ability to meet the Council’s requirements are relevant competitive strengths.

## Notice

The Healthy Child Programme is a universal offer for all children from pre-birth to 19 years of age (24 where there are additional needs) and delivers mandatory functions that local authority Public Health departments are required to arrange delivery of through utilisation of their Public Health Grant allocations. The programme itself comprises a number of services, including 0-5 Health-Visiting service (HV); hearing and vision screening for primary age children; health information and advice for older children (primarily via school nurses); and associated health advice, information and signposting for all parents and children. In Norfolk these provisions are commissioned, by the County Council, as externally delivered services; the current provider, East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The incumbent provider, East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust, has successfully delivered the Healthy Child Programme on behalf of the Council since 2015. The Council intends to award a new 12-month contract to this provider following the application of Direct Award Process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract is for the provision of the Healthy Child Programme and is referenced as NCCT43524. The provider's registered address is: East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust Unit 7-8 Meadow Park Meadow Lane St Ives Cambridgeshire PE27 4LG In accordance with Direct Award Process C, the decision-makers concluded that the existing provider is satisfying the current contract to a sufficient standard. This assessment was informed by the provider's performance against applicable key performance indicators and by consideration of the key criteria, together with the application of the basic selection criteria. The assessment demonstrated that the provider continues to deliver the service effectively and in a manner that meets the Council's requirements. The authority is also satisfied that the existing provider is likely to satisfy the requirements of the proposed contract to a sufficient standard, having considered the key criteria and applied the basic selection criteria. The authority therefore concluded that the conditions for Direct Award Process C were met. The award decision was made following an assessment against the key criteria set out within the Provider Selection Regime. No actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest were identified in relation to the decision-making process. For the avoidance of doubt, the Procurement Act 2023 and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The Council is currently undertaking a wider procurement exercise to award a contract for this service with a potential duration of up to 9.5 years. The procurement process remains ongoing, with initial offers due to be submitted by 30 September 2026. The notice identifier is: 2026/S 000-074284.

### Procurement Information

This contract is intended to be awarded under Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The procurement falls outside the scope of the general public procurement regulations and is being undertaken in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091226-2026 |
| Notice type | Award 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 | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £17,276,700 |

## 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 |
| Postcode area | 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 | East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 28 Sep 2026 at 08:27 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091226-2026

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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