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Awarded· 25 Mar 2025

0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services

London Borough of Merton · Merton, London

London Borough of Merton has awarded 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Merton.

Source: Find a Tender, published 7 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 16:01

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  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 09:43

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About this tender

In brief

London Borough of Merton has awarded 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Merton. The contract went to Central London Community Healthcare. It was awarded on 25 March 2025. The contract value is £20,721,172.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 7 April 2025. The notice number is 013313-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04f89d.

Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Merton has awarded a contract for the provision of 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services, notably Health Visiting and School Nursing services, to Central London Community Healthcare. The contract, valued at £20,721,172, involves delivering comprehensive health services for children and young people aged 0-19 in Merton, including specialist support services.

The award has been completed following a limited procurement method under the Provider Selection Regime, bypassing the need for a prior competitive call. The contract was formally signed on 7th April 2025, and services are expected to cater to families resident in Merton and educational facilities including maintained schools, academies, and other youth settings in the UKI63 region.

The notice in full

The London Borough of Merton ("the Council") has awarded a contract under 'Direct Award Process C' of the Provider Selection Regime, to provide 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services (mainly Health Visiting and School Nursing services). The aim of the contract is to deliver comprehensive 0-19 Healthy Child Programme services for Children and Young People in Merton.

The service is to deliver Merton's expectations for Merton's 0 to 19 Healthy Child Programme Services including delivery of: Health Visiting (0-5), School Nursing (5-19) and Specialist Support offers including: Homelessness Health Visitors, Infant Feeding Service, Looked After Children Nurse, Young Parents Support Service, National Child Measurement Programme Service (NCMP), Family Start Service, Youth Offending Team Nurse.

The requirements and expectations are based upon the national service specification incorporating the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) which was updated in 2021 (PHE, 2023) (PHE, 2021) and has been informed by local needs, priorities and engagement with stakeholders and families.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    The overarching aim of the Service is to give Children and Young People (CYP) the best start in life and beyond, through a universal preventive service that improves public health outcomes and reduces inequalities by aligning resources to vulnerability and need - proportionate universalism (PHE/IHE, 2014). The universal elements of the Health Visiting service is to be provided to families of all babies/children aged 0-5 who are resident in Merton.

    For families with babies/children in the 0-5 age range who may require additional support from the health visiting teams should be provided with enhanced health visiting support and services as appropriate to their needs. For children aged 5-19, the service must be provided to all children attending:

    • maintained schools and academies,
    • those who are home educated or who are not attending school for other reasons
    • those attending further education settings and youth settings and those attending pupil referral units (PRUs) in Merton
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Key facts

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Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Central London Community Healthcare
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Award Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large

Values

Contracts value
£20,721,172

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
013313-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f89d
CPV code
85000000 - Health and social work services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

London Borough of Merton is based in Merton. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Merton
Town
Sutton
Postcode
SM4 5DX
Electoral ward
Merton Park
Constituency
Wimbledon
Delivery area
Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
Region
London
Sub-region
Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
Area
Outer London - South
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
London Borough of Merton
Category
Services
Address
Morden, SM4 5DX · London · England

Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Central London Community Healthcare
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services

Who won the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services contract?

London Borough of Merton awarded the contract to Central London Community Healthcare on 25 March 2025.

How much is the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services contract worth?

The contract value is £20,721,172.

Who is the buyer for 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services?

London Borough of Merton, based in Merton, London.

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