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title: "St Helens Healthy Child Programme, 0 to 19 years - Soft Market Testing"
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# St Helens Healthy Child Programme, 0 to 19 years - Soft Market Testing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/st-helens-healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-years-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea80). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** St Helens Council: "St Helens Healthy Child Programme, 0 to 19 years - Soft Market Testing". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £29,348,907. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [St Helens Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/st-helens-council-ons-e08000013)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £29,348,907 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/st-helens-healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-years-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea80#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ea80`

## Before you bid
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- **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/st-helens-healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-years-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea80#tl-md)

## Description
Please note that this is not a call for competition. This is a soft market testing exercise undertaken on behalf of St Helen's Council under the provisions of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 .
Purpose: The service delivers the Healthy Child Programme, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) national delivery model for public health nursing. It is led by specialist community public health nurses and structured around two age-based phases, health visiting for ages 0 to 5 and school nursing for ages 5 to 19.
The aims of the programme are to:
? ensure a healthy start to life.
? identify and address health needs early.
? prevent health problems.
? support school readiness and learning.
? protect children and families.
? promote health equity.
St Helens Council are undertaking a soft market testing exercise to fully understand what the market can offer and the challenges in procuring and setting up this service. It is hoped that this will be an opportunity for us to obtain an insight of how participants might approach delivery of the service, and how they might address circumstances that may impact on the service. It will also help us to further understand the market.
We anticipate that should a tender exercise be undertaken, the maximum annual value for the contract might be in the region of £4,192,701, and the duration to be 5 years, with the option to extend by up to a further 2 years.
We are therefore seeking expressions of interest from participants with the relevant expertise and experience to assist us in determining the feasibility of this project by answering the questions in the attached documentation.
Please refer to the attached documentation for full details.
Please also note that at this stage, the scope and the budget are indicative only and are subject to confirmation.
Note that any contract awarded following any future tender process will be subject solely to St Helen Council's Terms and Condition.
Deadline for submission: 12 noon on 1st Sept 2026.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2032
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F080337-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-24T12:09:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:43:50.881Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ea80