Published date: 18 June 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 21 April 2021, 9:30am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£12,153,339

Procurement reference

KNOWS001-DN531101-70170277

Published date

18 June 2021

Closing date

21 April 2021

Closing time

9:30am

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Knowsley Borough Council is commissioning the provision of an integrated Public Health service for expectant mothers, children and young people and their families across the Borough. The Service will be delivered using the principles of 'proportionate universalism'.
It will comprise of the following components:
• Provision of antenatal reviews from 28 weeks of pregnancy.
• Provision of all mandatory universal reviews as prescribed by the Healthy Child Programme at the following points:

o Antenatal
o New births
o 6-8 weeks
o 9-12 months
o 2-2.5 years
o Provision of school readiness health visitor review for pre-school children including key relevant development assessment and referral (where relevant)

• Targeted and intensive support for young parents and high risk/vulnerable families who meet thresholds of need, via the provision of a Health Visitor led Enhanced Family Support Pathway
• Provision of the National Child Measurement Programme at commencement and completion of Primary School and work in partnership to support children and their families to access relevant local interventions and services
• Provision to sustain and improve breastfeeding rates and provide leadership and development to the Breastfeeding Peer Support service (see separate specification - LOT 2)
• Promote uptake for an antenatal and maternal exercise offer (see separate specification - LOT 3)
• Co-ordination of Audiology screening and uptake at commencement of primary education (reception age children) (see separate specification - LOT 4)
• Provision of Special Education School Health Nursing interventions for public health, including identification and management of children with Education Health Care Plans (EHCP)s.
For a full specification for this opportunity, please register your interest AT WWW.THE-CHEST.ORG.UK
Suppliers are advised to clarify any points of doubt or difficulty relating to the documentation before submitting their response. Any queries should be submitted through the question and answer function via The Chest (Pro-Contract) e-tendering system. Please refer to previously asked questions before asking a question as duplicate questions will not be answered.

Both questions and answers will either be made public on The Chest or responded to directly to the originator depending on the content.

It is your responsibility to ensure that the completed submission is uploaded successfully on The Chest by the deadline specified.
Bidders are advised that the deadline set out above is absolute. You are advised to upload your submission well in advance of the deadline to avoid any technical issues that might arise causing you to fail to meet the deadline which would lead to the rejection of your submission. The Council is conscious that Bidders spend a huge amount of time, effort and expense in putting together a submission and is keen to ensure that no bid is rejected for this reason.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of the 0-25 Public Health Service in Knowsley

  • Opportunity
  • Published 9 March 2021, last edited 11 March 2021

Award information

Awarded date

18 June 2021

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Total value of contract

£12,153,339

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

not awarded

Address

not awarded

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

This tender was not awarded - the Council cannot proceed with this procurement as no provider achieved the minimum quality threshold of a score of 3 on all questions 1-8 so therefore could not proceed to stage 3 - interviews. Please note that we intend to commence a revised procurement process

About the buyer

Contact name

Carol Glover

Address

2nd Floor, Municipal Building
Archway Road
Huyton
L36 9UX
England

Telephone

+44 1514434939

Email

carol.glover@knowsley.gov.uk

Website

http://www.knowsley.gov.uk