Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-11-15
Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: Hertfordshire
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 79624000 | 80110000 | 80410000 | 85000000 | 85100000: Health services

Technical requirements: Hertfordshire County Council (the Council) is carrying out pre-procurement market engagement in relation to services currently provided by its School Nursing Services, Health Visiting Services and by its Children's Centres.
The Council is currently considering how best to provide these services that support the health and wellbeing of pre-birth through to school aged children. Hertfordshire needs a service offer that is more aligned across these services, integrates better with other external services and provides a more comprehensive range of outcomes for children and their families.
At this early stage, the Council is considering a model that delivers the following Outcomes and Services:
— the Services will be high quality, accessible and flexible to children and young people, parents and professionals;
— the Services will work to safeguard, protect from harm and promote the welfare of children and will follow Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Board's policies and procedures;
— the Services will seek to close the gap in educational achievement, between disadvantaged families and their peers;
— the Services will improve the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families;
— the Services will have clear and robustly embedded responsibilities in regard to the role of the school nurse, the health visitor, children's centre staff and other allied professionals relating to the delivery of early education, health and wellbeing for babies, children, young people and their families;
— the Services will be responsive and adaptive to the needs of babies, children, young people and their families, and their changing usage of technology and communications methods.
The overarching Outcome for the future delivery of the Services is for Hertfordshire families to thrive and prosper with minimal health and social inequalities and reduced vulnerability factors that negatively impact on life chances.
Future contract values are yet to be determined; however current annual expenditure in 2016/17 on existing services is as follows:
Please note that any forthcoming contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands.
It is currently anticipated that the Council will commence a procurement process in autumn 2017, with a new service commencing in June 2018. The anticipated contract term is 6 years with the option to extend annually for up to a further 2 years. It is likely that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) will apply.
The purpose of the Council's pre-procurement market engagement process is to allow and enable potentially interested organisations with appropriate expertise and relevant experience to:
— Outline and generate initial views/ideas around the Outcomes, scope and the potential procurement strategy (i.e. with no commitment to themselves or the Council);