Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-06
Buyer: London Borough Of Brent
Country: UK
Region: Outer London - West and North West
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85323000
Estimated value: 30000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: From 1.10.2015, Brent is under a legal duty to commission the Healthy Child Programme 0-5 pursuant to the Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) and Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) (Amendment) regulations 2015 (‘the Principal Regulations’) and therefore under a legal duty to secure the provision of the five mandated elements of the Healthy Child Programme 0-5. These are: antenatal health promoting visits; new baby review; 6-8 week assessment (the health visitor or Family Nurse led check. The GP led 6-8 week check will continue to be commissioned by NHS England through Primary Care Commissioning). 1 year assessment; and 2-2½ year review. Brent's health visiting and FNP (‘Healthy Child Programme 0-5’) services are currently provided by LNWHT. Brent also has responsibility to secure 5-19 public health services, CLCH deliver the school nursing service.
Universal public health services for children and young people are mainly delivered through a national programme, called the Healthy Child Programme. In April 2013 London Borough of Brent became responsible for providing the Healthy Child Programme (through school nursing services) to all 5-19 year olds. From October 2015, the Council also became responsible for providing the Healthy Child Programme (through health visiting services) to all 0-5 year olds in Brent.
This presents new opportunities for the Council in bringing together a robust approach for improving outcomes for children and young people across local authority led services. The local authority's key responsibilities for child public health include:
— Bringing together the holistic approaches to health and wellbeing across the full range of their responsibilities;
The new system needs to contribute significantly towards reducing need and demand for higher level services and improving public health outcomes for children, young people and families, alongside other key partners.
The integrated public health system will have universal service provision at its core, including some targeted public health interventions such as
— Health visiting and School Nursing for 0-19 year olds and their families — incorporating delivery of the Department of Health's Healthy Child Programme 0-19 years.
— Intensive, evidence-based support for young or vulnerable pregnant women using the Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH) programme.
The integrated children and young people's public health system and subsequent interventions delivered within it will:
— be high quality, evidence based and accessible with a focus on prevention of ill health and provision of early help
A maximum of 5 providers will be shortlisted following the evaluation of the pre-qualification questionnaire with the number decreasing to a maximum of 3 following receipt of initial tenders.


Award value: 30000000