Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Bath and North East Somerset Council
Guildhall, High Street
Bath
BA1 5AW
UK
Contact person: Harriet Andrew
E-mail: harriet_andrew@bathnes.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK12
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.bathnes.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.bathnes.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
0-19 Public Health Nursing Service & Healthy Child Programme
Reference number: DN719555
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 sets out a local authority’s statutory responsibility for commissioning public health services for children and young people aged 0 to 19 years.
Bath and North East Council is seeking to recommission the integrated 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service. The Service is primarily a preventative and early intervention service to deliver health care to families according to the Healthy Child Programme.
The Healthy Child Programme aims to bring together health, education and other main partners to deliver an effective programme for prevention and support and is available to all children, young people and their families from the antenatal period until 19 years of age (or up to 25 years of age where there are special education needs and/or disabilities and/or vulnerable groups) and works as part of a whole system approach that is universal in reach and personalised in its response.
We are proposing that the service provides the following universal, targeted and specialist support across Bath and North East Somerset:
• Health Visiting Service
• School Nursing Service
• National Child Measurement Programme
• Clinic in a Box (young person’s sexual health service)
• Family Nurse Partnership
The universal reach of the service provides an invaluable opportunity, early in a child's life, to identify families that need additional support and children who are at risk of poor outcomes and ensure these children have the best opportunity to maximise their development. We would like to consult on how the Service can achieve positive outcomes and work collaboratively with wider child health, education, early help and social care systems operating across Bath and North East Somerset.
The proposed contract length is for 4 years with +2-year extension option.
The contract will start in April 2025.
A market engagement event will take place on Thursday 9th May, 12.30 – 2pm, in Keynsham Civic Centre. Please could you confirm your interest in attending by emailing public_health@bathnes.gov.uk with details of your name, organisation, position, email and telephone number.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK12
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 sets out a local authority’s statutory responsibility for commissioning public health services for children and young people aged 0 to 19 years.
Bath and North East Council is seeking to recommission the integrated 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service. The Service is primarily a preventative and early intervention service to deliver health care to families according to the Healthy Child Programme.
The Healthy Child Programme aims to bring together health, education and other main partners to deliver an effective programme for prevention and support and is available to all children, young people and their families from the antenatal period until 19 years of age (or up to 25 years of age where there are special education needs and/or disabilities and/or vulnerable groups) and works as part of a whole system approach that is universal in reach and personalised in its response.
We are proposing that the service provides the following universal, targeted and specialist support across Bath and North East Somerset:
• Health Visiting Service
• School Nursing Service
• National Child Measurement Programme
• Clinic in a Box (young person’s sexual health service)
• Family Nurse Partnership
The universal reach of the service provides an invaluable opportunity, early in a child's life, to identify families that need additional support and children who are at risk of poor outcomes and ensure these children have the best opportunity to maximise their development. We would like to consult on how the Service can achieve positive outcomes and work collaboratively with wider child health, education, early help and social care systems operating across Bath and North East Somerset.
The proposed contract length is for 4 years with +2-year extension option.
The contract will start in April 2025.
A market engagement event will take place on Thursday 9th May, 12.30 – 2pm, in Keynsham Civic Centre. Please could you confirm your interest in attending by emailing public_health@bathnes.gov.uk with details of your name, organisation, position, email and telephone number.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
22 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.14) Additional information
The services are being procured under the Provider Selection Regime.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
01/07/2024
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This notice signals the intention to conduct an information gathering and market engagement exercise only. This notice does not constitute a call for competition in its own right. Publication of this notice and any responses to it does not commit the Authority or respondents to undertaking or participating in any future procurement process, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise howsoever arising.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/04/2024