Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle City Council
Civic Centre
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE18QH
UK
Contact person: Shamsun Choudhury
Telephone: +44 1912116033-26033
E-mail: shamsun.choudhury@newcastle.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://newcastle.gov.uk/
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
Integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Service
Reference number: P-009472/C-014135 (OPEN2026643)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP) is a prevention and early intervention public health programme providing a universal service for children, young people, and families. The programme aims to support parents, promote child development, improve family and child health outcomes, and ensure that families, children, and young people at risk are identified at the earliest opportunity.
It will deliver the following services:
• Health Visiting (age 0-5)
• School Nurses (age 5-18 or up to 25 for young people with SEND)
• Infant Feeding support
• Breast Feeding Peer Support
• Child Vision screening
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
32 110 708.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP) is a prevention and early intervention public health programme providing a universal service for children, young people, and families. The programme aims to support parents, promote child development, improve family and child health outcomes, and ensure that families, children, and young people at risk are identified at the earliest opportunity.
It will deliver the following services:
• Health Visiting (age 0-5)
• School Nurses (age 5-18 or up to 25 for young people with SEND)
• Infant Feeding support
• Breast Feeding Peer Support
• Child Vision screening
The value of the contract will be £32,110,708 for 60 months.
The length of the contract will be 36 months from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030. The contract will also include 2 x 12 months options to extend subject to ongoing confirmation of funding and contract performance.
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
This is an existing service and the contract will be awarded to an existing provider under the competitive process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
2 x 12 months OTE
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2026/S 000-054446
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13/08/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
PQBL-2761-HHXG B
Newcastle upon Tyne
UK
NUTS: UKC22
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 32 110 708.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 2 September 2026 through the OPEN Electronic Portal
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Written representations should be sent to shamsun.choudhury@newcastle.gov.uk, linzi.mcmeekin@newcastle.gov.uk and gareth.mcneil.watson@newcastle.gov.uk
The award decision-maker is the Director of Public Health or their delegated representative.
There have been no declared Conflicts of Interests.
The provider has been assessed against the following PSR criteria - Quality and Innovation (25%), Value (15%), Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability (25%), Improving Access, Reducing Health inequalities and Facilitating Choice (25%), Social Value (10%). The relative importance of the criteria was determined based upon the key delivery requirements of the service specification with a greater emphasis on quality criterion. The assessment determined that the provider met the key criteria
outlined and would meet the key criteria under the new contract.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Newcastle City Council
Newcastle upon Tyne
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/08/2026