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# ESCC Early Help Partnership 0-5 years Health Visiting Service and Early Help Services (Healthy Child Programme)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/escc-early-help-partnership-0-5-years-health-visiting-service-and-early-help-services-heal-ocds-h6vhtk-065a49). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Sussex County Council: "ESCC Early Help Partnership 0-5 years Health Visiting Service and Early Help Services (Healthy Child Programme)". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [East Sussex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-sussex-county-council-ons-e10000011)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ22
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £15,358,626 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/escc-early-help-partnership-0-5-years-health-visiting-service-and-early-help-services-heal-ocds-h6vhtk-065a49#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-065a49`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/escc-early-help-partnership-0-5-years-health-visiting-service-and-early-help-services-heal-ocds-h6vhtk-065a49#tl-md)

## Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice following a Direct Award Process C, for provision of 0-5 years Health Visiting Service which is integrated with the wider Early Help Service.
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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. 
Annual value of this contract: £7,679,313 (exc. VAT). 
Total value of this contract including extension: £15,358,626 (exc. VAT)
The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Any representations should be sent via email to michelle.anderson@eastsussex.gov.uk before midnight at the end of the eighth working day after the day the standstill period begins.
The key decision makers were Procurement Partner for Children's Services and Chief Officer for Children's Services. There are no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest.
The reasons for selecting the chosen provider are that the service provider is the incumbent who is very experienced and qualified and has performed satisfactorily during the current contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
The key criteria was prioritised as below, with the most important at the top:
1. Quality and innovation
2. Value
3. Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability
4. Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice
5. Social Value
It was deemed not appropriate to weight the key criteria for a direct award due to the lack of competition.
The Provider must be CQC registered. A minimum 'good' CQC level is required. The Provider must have sufficient clinical governance structures to offer safeguarding for both clinical and health responsibilities.
Health visitors are required to be registered nurses or midwives who must meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) revalidation requirements, which include yearly revalidation to maintain their registration and documenting continuing professional development (CPD).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **East Sussex Healthcare Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175181`
  - Value: £15,358,626 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 18/02/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016148-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-23T14:59:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T22:40:22.065Z
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