0-19 Health Visiting and School Nursing

Concepts

• health services
• harrow
• school nursing services
• school nursing
• some non-statutory health visiting services
• schools
• health
• school
• nursing
• visiting

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

The London Borough of Harrow is intending to award a contract to Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) (existing provider) for the provision of the 0-19 Health Visiting and School Nursing Services following Direct Award Process C of the Provider Selection Regime 23 (PSR)

Total Quantity or Scope

The London Borough of Harrow is intending to award a contract to Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) the 0-19 Health Visiting and School Nursing Services following Direct Award Process c in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime 23 (PSR) The total contract value over 5 years (3 year contract with the option to extend for a further two years) is £21,579,110. (the annual value is £4,315,822) The contract will commence on the 1st July 2025 and expire on the 30th June 2028 - the extension period will then commence on the 1st July 2028 and expire on the 30th June 2030 The service delivered by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) includes a range of statutory i.e. mandated development reviews and some non-statutory health visiting services as set out in the national Healthy Child Programme such as breastfeeding support, the MECSH (Maternal and Early Childhood Sustained Home Visiting) programme for vulnerable families, as well as a range of school nursing services such as the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), vision screening in Reception Year, health promotion in schools and safeguarding work.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Legal Justification

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 Procurement Act 2023 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 the relevant authority by 6th June 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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 Procurement Act 2023 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 6th June 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR The decision for this award was made by cabinet members on the 19th May 2025 The Key Criteria used to assess the incumbent provider was the following as these were deemed to be most important. -Quality & Innovation -Value -Integration, Collaboration, and Service Sustainability -Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice - Social Value The incumbent provider met all of the requirements against the criteria above, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust CNWL have demonstrated that they will be able to continue to deliver the service to high standards. When compared with other areas, the Harrow 0-19 service performs very well. In the latest year that national and regional comparator data is available, the data shows that Harrow is one of only two boroughs in London that are green for all postnatal mandated health visitor reviews even though spend per capita is one of the lowest in London. School Nursing performance data is also excellent e.g. 95% participation rate in 23-24 for Reception National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP); 88% coverage for vision screening; 85% of schools last year achieved Asthma Friendly Schools status. The service has very high user satisfaction rates from our survey of parents, for example all respondents (100%) found the New Birth Visit somewhat, very or extremely useful (71% found it extremely or very useful; 29% found it somewhat useful). For School Nursing, 75% of respondents said the service provided by the school nursing service was ‘Good’ or ‘Excellent’. CNWL is very engaged in all partnership meetings in the borough whether that is the Children and Young People Integrated Partnership Board, the SEND Partnership Board, the Harrow Safeguarding Children Partnership and others. The outcomes of Serious Case Reviews and other safeguarding investigations consistently show that the service is very effective at helping to keep children safe. This is a contract and service that is performing well and delivering value for money and that the local authority wishes to continue working with for the benefit of residents, stakeholders and partners. Any representations must be made to the Head of Procurement at the London Borough of Harrow in writing to the Head of Procurement, Forward Drive, Harrow, HA3 8FL or via email to lisa.taylor@harrow.gov.uk Declarations and Conflicts of interest were assessed and none were identified