Official UK procurement notice
Public Health Nursing Services for Children, Young People aged 0-19 and their Families
Authority: Worcestershire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority, led by Public Health has commissioned an integrated Public Health Nursing Service. The Public Health Nursing Service includes the delivery of the full Healthy Child Programme including universal health and development reviews, health visiting, intensive home visiting, infant feeding support, additional or targeted support, additional support working within multi-agency teams, safeguarding activity and school nursing.
The Authority has followed Direct Award Process C for the award of the Public Health Nursing Service for Children, Young People aged 0-19 and their Families. This process has been undertaken in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and the Council's Constitution and Standing Orders.
CPV: Community health services · Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1An additional £170,000 per annum is to be made available to the TrustAwarded
An additional £170,000 per annum is to be made available to the Trust. The additional funding will enable the Trust to recruit specialist SEND focused health visitors, to provide a focused intervention for children that have been identified at the 2.5-year check as requiring support with development or SEND needs. The roles will add an additional layer of early intervention to ensure those with higher levels of need can get the right support early and potentially avoid unnecessary delays on wider service waiting lists. This layer of early intervention is required within our current system to improve outcomes for children with higher levels of developmental need.
Additional capacity will also allow the infant feeding team to expand, enabling the commencement of a new pilot delivering group-based support for parents-to-be to prepare for breastfeeding. Currently capacity only allows the service to deliver support postnatally, however evidence shows if we can more effectively prepare families with information and guidance to breastfeed before they give birth, and build support networks, they are more successful in their breastfeeding journey. Worcestershire is currently performing worse than the national picture regarding breastfeeding rates at 6 weeks. This is something as a county we need to improve to improve health outcomes for babies and mothers.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Oct 2024, 11:28 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2025, 09:50 BST
- Authority reference
HEA24010- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048256- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b0d9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 6 November 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified. The decision making approval process for this modification is via the Authority's Commercial Governance Board. This modification was approved by the Commercial Board on 21/07/25 by the following Chief Financial Officer, Head of Commercial, Principal Solicitor (Commercial), Operations Manager (Commercial), Deputy Chief Finance Officer, Assistant Director A&C Commissioning (Adults) and Assistant Direct Major Projects & Waste (E&I). The Authority manages potential conflicts of interest by recording declarations of Senior Officers at the start of each Commercial Board meeting. Commissioners involved in designing the service are also asked to declare any known conflicts of interest before participating in re-commissioning activity or making any recommendations. No conflicts of interest were identified among individuals involved in making the decision in relation to this service.
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated13 Aug 2025, 09:50 BST
Published amendments (1)
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. A standstill period was…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust | £56,620,099 † | — | Awarded |
| Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust | £61,497,170 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Public Health Nursing Services for Children, Young People aged 0-19 and their Families · Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust
- Signed
- 7 Aug 2025
- Value
- £61,497,170
- Status
- active
- Change The modification is made at the discretion of the relevant authority and the modification does not render the contract or framework agreement materially different in character and the cumulative change in the lifetime value of the contract or framework agreement, compared to its value when it was entered into, is under 25%. The modification is effective from 07/08/25. There is no change to the length of contract. The original lifetime value is £60,307,170; with the additional funding, the new lifetime value is £61,497,170, Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: PSR regulations allow for modifications under certain conditions. This modification is made at the discretion of the Authority and the modification does not render the contract materially different in character and the cumulative change in the lifetime value of the contract is less than 25%. The modification will enable the supplier to provider additionality to the delivery of the contract, specifically in relation to recruiting SEND focused Health Visitors and additional capacity in the infant feeding team. The supplier is already providing health visitors and infant feeding and this modification will enhance the current offer to better support children, young people and their families across the county.
Contract 034444-2024-1 · Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2024
- Value
- £56,620,099
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England, Wales and Northern IrelandReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.