Official UK procurement notice
Knowsley Council - 0-19(25) Healthy Child Service
Authority: Knowsley Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe current 0-25 Public Health Service in Knowsley contract is due to expire in January 2027 and the council wish to seek information from prospective bidders around the staffing models and budget required to deliver Health Visiting, School Nursing and an enhanced families pathway in Knowsley from February 2027. We wish to understand the market's appetite for delivering the Healthy Child Programme and ascertain a realistic budget for the future iteration of this contract. We would like to take the opportunity to do some `soft market testing' Please go to www.the-chest.co.uk ↗ for more information - DN792532
CPV: Health services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Oct 2025, 11:45 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2025, 11:57 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061255- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a5b2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Oct 2025 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published395 days ago1 Oct 2025, 11:45 BST
- Market engagement380 days ago15 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
The current 0-25 Public Health Service in Knowsley contract is due to expire in January 2027 and the council wish to seek information from prospective bidders around the staffing models and budget required to deliver Health Visiting, School Nursing and an enhanced families pathway in Knowsley from February 2027. We wish to understand the market's appetite for delivering the Healthy Child Programme and ascertain a realistic budget for the future iteration of this contract. We would like to take the opportunity to do some `soft market testing' Please go to www.the-chest.co.uk ↗ for more information - DN792532
- Tender notice expected301 days ago2 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today31 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 92 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Oct 2025, 11:45 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Oct 2025, 11:57 BSTUK2
- Published value updated to £28,000,0001 Oct 2025, 11:57 BSTwas £280,000,000
Published amendments (1)
Amendment to contract value
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender