Official UK procurement notice
0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services
Authority: London Borough of Merton (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Merton (“the Council”) has awarded a contract under 'Direct Award Process C' of the Provider Selection Regime, to provide 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services (mainly Health Visiting and School Nursing services).
The aim of the contract is to deliver comprehensive 0-19 Healthy Child Programme services for Children and Young People in Merton. The service is to deliver Merton’s expectations for Merton’s 0 to 19 Healthy Child Programme Services including delivery of: Health Visiting (0-5), School Nursing (5-19) and Specialist Support offers including: Homelessness Health Visitors, Infant Feeding Service, Looked After Children Nurse, Young Parents Support Service, National Child Measurement Programme Service (NCMP), Family Start Service, Youth Offending Team Nurse. The requirements and expectations are based upon the national service specification incorporating the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) which was updated in 2021 (PHE, 2023) (PHE, 2021) and has been informed by local needs, priorities and engagement with stakeholders and families.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The overarching aim of the Service is to give Children and Young People (CYP) the best…Awarded
The overarching aim of the Service is to give Children and Young People (CYP) the best start in life and beyond, through a universal preventive service that improves public health outcomes and reduces inequalities by aligning resources to vulnerability and need – proportionate universalism (PHE/IHE, 2014).
The universal elements of the Health Visiting service is to be provided to families of all babies/children aged 0-5 who are resident in Merton. For families with babies/children in the 0-5 age range who may require additional support from the health visiting teams should be provided with enhanced health visiting support and services as appropriate to their needs.
For children aged 5-19, the service must be provided to all children attending:
- maintained schools and academies,
- those who are home educated or who are not attending school for other reasons
- those attending further education settings and youth settings and those attending pupil
referral units (PRUs) in Merton
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Mar 2025, 16:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Apr 2025, 10:43 BST
- Authority reference
DN745503- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013313- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The scope of these services falls within The Heath Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. A notice of intention to award was published on 25th March 2025, initiating the standstill period. Any Representations from providers were to be made directly to the Authority by 04/04/25.
The standstill period has now been observed and this contract is now formally to be awarded. The provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2025 do not apply to this procurement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central London Community Healthcare | £20,721,172 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Central London Community Healthcare | £20,721,172 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 013313-2025-1 · Central London Community Healthcare
- Signed
- 7 Apr 2025
- Value
- £20,721,172
- Status
- active
Contract 011197-2025-1 · Central London Community Healthcare
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2025
- Value
- £20,721,172
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Central London Community HealthcareAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.