Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Hertfordshire County Council
County Hall
Hertford
SG13 8DQ
UK
Contact person: Strategic Procurement Group
E-mail: zoe.upson@hertfordshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home
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
HCC - 04/25 - The Provision of Family Centre Service - Public Health Nursing
Reference number: HCC2516814
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85141200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Hertfordshire County Council went out to Procurement for the Provision of Family Centre Service - Public Health Nursing. This is an Award Notice and this opportunity has now closed. Please see Section V (Award of Contract) for further details.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
92 187 405.80
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85141200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH23
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Contract is to provide Hertfordshire with an integrated 0 to 19 (up to 25 for Care Leavers and SEND young people) Public Health Nursing (PHN) Service. The Service Specification requires the Service Provider to deliver the following three elements within it:
• Provision of specialist clinical public health nursing services
• Digital solutions
• Education and Prevention initiatives
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 Contract Period for this Contract is an initial period of 4 years 3 months with the option to extend to a further 2 years (1+1). Therefore, the maximum duration of this Contract could be 6 years 3 months.
The Contract commencement date is 1st April 2026 meaning the initial term will end on 31st December 2029. Mobilisation will commence in October 2025.
Estimated lifetime value of the Contract inclusive of mobilisation costs is £92,187,405.80
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80%
Price
/ Weighting:
20%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend for up to a further two (2) years (1+1)
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-015376
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: HCC2516814
Title: HCC - 04/25 - The Provision of Family Centre Service - Public Health Nursing
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25/09/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
400022
14 Howard Court, 14 Tewin Road
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1BW
UK
NUTS: UKH23
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:
: 92 187 405.80
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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on the 7th October 2025.
This Contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.
Written representations should be sent to phcommissioning@hertfordshire.gov.uk
The tender required bidders to price for the Provision of Family Centre Service - Public Health Nursing .
The successful provider has been assessed against the relevant PSR 5 key criteria which were weighted in terms of their importance and detailed in the instruction to tenderers document.
The winning Provider was scored against the key criteria and was ranked the highest scoring tenderer out of the bids received.
The award decision makers are: Head of Commissioning & Service Delivery and Associate Director/Consultant in Public Health
No declared or potential conflicts of interest were identified during the process.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Independent Choice and Procurement Panel
Wellington House
London
SE1 8UG
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/09/2025