Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-13
Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79624000 | 80110000 | 80410000 | 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 257789714 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-12-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Hertfordshire County Council is currently out to procurement for the Provision of Family Centre Services, incorporating Public Health Nursing and Family Support. Further information in regards to this opportunity can be found in II.2.4 and VI.3 below.
Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to ‘express interest’ which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. Please see VI.3 below for further information.
To be considered as a Bidder you must complete and submit a Bid by the deadline of 12:00 Noon on 4.12.2017.
Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the e-Tendering system, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above. Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted by the system.
Hertfordshire County Council is responsible for commissioning a range of services to support children, young people and their families achieve their full potential. Many of these services, while working together in many ways, could still be improved through greater integration and alignment of pathways and premises.
The previous contracts of Public Health Nursing Services (health visiting and school nursing) and Children's Services Children's Centres delivered a service to families that, while often working together, operated separately, often even having separate offices and premises. By commissioning these services collaboratively, families will be able to access integrated services through one branded offer: Hertfordshire's Family Centre Services.
Families have told us that they want to access a wider range of services from every person they see, making it quicker and easier for them while more easily accessing specialist professionals they need to (such as health visitors, school nurses, family support etc.)
It is the intention that the Family Centre Services are locally driven, needs led services from pre-birth through to 19, universally available but responsive across the continuum, intervening as soon as problems arise to support families to achieve the best outcome, prevent escalation into more costly services and to support the Council's priorities in delivering services for the future.
The service will be aligned at the point of delivery and incorporate a whole system methodology, enabling strong links, pathways and partnerships with schools, early years settings, early help services (Families First), social care and other health services (such as Speech and Language, CAMHS, community paediatricians) so that services are delivered in an integrated manner with professionals working as a team to support babies, children, young people and their families to thrive.
It is the Council's absolute expectation that the Provider(s) awarded the above contracts work in a cohesive and aligned partnership to collectively deliver a unified Family Centre Service to the families they collectively serve.
The estimated total value of the whole procurement is stated in II.1.5 of this notice and is for the initial term inclusive of the approximate value for extensions. This value also includes the estimated value for the potential additional services element of this procurement detailed in VI.3 (Additional Information).
For the avoidance of doubt, the estimated total value of the Lot 1 Contract for the initial term inclusive of the approximate value for extensions will be 134 866 950 GBP
The initial term of this contract is six (6) years with a possible extension of up to a further two (2) years at the Councils discretion.
Please note that the contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands.
Organisations should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Contract formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed. Organisations should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their bid, where appropriate.


Award value: 257789714