Official UK procurement notice
Integrated 0-19 (0-25 SEND) Public Health Nursing Service
Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionReading Borough Council are tendering for a service to deliver high quality 0-19 (up to 25 for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Public Health Nursing in Reading.
Since services fall within CPV Code 85323000-9 (community health services delivered to individuals) the procurement will be carried out under the Provider Selection Regime under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
Reading Borough Council previously published a preliminary market engagement notice setting out its intention to explore procurement of a joint Integrated 0-19 (0-25 SEND) Public Health Nursing Service arrangement with neighbouring authorities. The market engagement undertaken at that time sought views on the proposed service model and delivery arrangements for a collaborative commissioning approach.
0-19 (up to 25 for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Public Health Nursing Services - Find a Tender
Following publication of that notice, changes in the local government landscape, including ongoing considerations relating to Local Government Reorganisation, have resulted in the Council reviewing its future commissioning options.
As a consequence, Reading Borough Council is now considering the potential for a Reading-only procurement and is seeking feedback from the market to understand the level of provider interest, capacity and capability to deliver a standalone service focused on the Reading population.
This notice is issued solely to inform the market of the Council's revised commissioning intentions and to seek expressions of interest from organisations that may wish to participate in future engagement activity.
Status of Previously Published Information
Except for the change in commissioning approach described above, all information previously published regarding the proposed service model, service objectives, scope, outcomes, and anticipated contract arrangements should be considered unchanged at this stage.
The Council continues to envisage an Integrated 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service, including services up to age 25 for eligible children and young people with SEND, delivering the Healthy Child Programme through an integrated health visiting and school nursing model.
Any future procurement documentation will confirm the final specification and commissioning requirements.
Proposed Contract Arrangements
The Council's current planning assumptions remain:
- Contract commencement date: 1 April 2028
- Initial contract term: 3 years
- Extension option 1: 2 years
- Extension option 2: 2 years
- Maximum contract duration: 7 years
- Estimated total contract value (including extensions): £22 million
These figures are indicative only and may be refined prior to any future procurement process.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Reading Borough Council buys Social services (CPV 8532), and who usually turns up
Reading Borough Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social services (CPV 8532) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 55 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid72% / 19%
2–36% / 33%
4–617% / 33%
7+6% / 15%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate29% / 39%
Within ±2%71% / 61%
Above estimate0% / 0%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8532Published estimate£22m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 27 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid19%
2–333%
4–633%
7+15%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| ICE Creates LtdEarlier contract | Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Servicestarted Sept 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Oct 2026, 11:23 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2026, 11:23 BST
- Authority reference
26-S-144- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100358- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078eb6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
23 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2028 · 3 dates- Planning notice published2 days ago23 Oct 2026, 11:23 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 13 days6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Market Engagement Objectives
The Council is particularly interested in receiving feedback from providers on:
- Appetite for participation in a Reading-only procurement.
- Capacity within the market to deliver a standalone Integrated 0-19 (0-25 SEND) Public Health Nursing Service.
- Opportunities and challenges associated with delivery at a Reading footprint.
- Workforce considerations, including recruitment, retention and mobilisation.
- Partnership working with Family Hubs, education, primary care and wider children's services.
- Innovation opportunities that could improve outcomes for children, young people and families.
- Any risks, dependencies or market factors that the Council should consider when developing its commissioning strategy.
Expressions of Interest
The Council invites organisations with relevant experience and capability to express their interest in delivering the proposed service and to participate in the market engagement exercise, please contact [email protected] by 6 November 2026 to express your interest and for a copy of the survey. The deadline for the survey submission is 6 November 2026.
Participation in market engagement will not confer any advantage in any subsequent procurement process and will not be used as part of any future evaluation.
Disclaimer
This notice is for market engagement purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition, invitation to tender, or commitment by Reading Borough Council to commence any procurement process or award any contract.
The Council reserves the right to revise its commissioning intentions, procurement strategy, service requirements, contract term, contract value and proposed timetable at any stage.
Key Message for Suppliers
A previous market engagement exercise considered a potential joint commissioning arrangement. Due to the evolving context of Local Government Reorganisation, Reading Borough Council is now exploring the option of a Reading-only procurement and wishes to understand the level of market interest in delivering the service on this basis. All other previously published information relating to the proposed service model remains unchanged unless otherwise stated in future communications.
- Contract starts1 Apr 2028
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Oct 2026, 11:23 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender