Starting Well - Market engagement 2025
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Cheshire West and Chester Council is actively pursuing a market engagement activity titled "Starting Well - Market Engagement 2025," aimed at commissioning the Integrated Healthy Child Programme and Children's Centre Core Offer Service. Under the Provider Selection Regime, this engagement seeks input from potential providers to inform future service delivery. Classified under health and social work services, the tender process is currently at the market engagement stage.
Responses are invited until 7th November 2025. The contract period is scheduled to commence on 1st July 2026, continuing until 30th June 2029. This initiative is situated within England, United Kingdom, highlighting the importance of community health services in the region.
Interested parties can find detailed application instructions on The Chest website. This opportunity presents a significant prospect for entities operating within the health services industry, including SMEs and VCSEs, to expand their service offerings by participating in shaping crucial child health programmes. Organisations with experience in delivering integrated health services for children would be especially well-suited to this tender.
By engaging in this process, businesses can potentially benefit from the long-term contract duration and contribute to transformative health and social work services across the Cheshire West and Chester region. Business growth is fostered by tapping into local community needs and forming strategic partnerships with a proactive local council.
Cheshire West and Chester Council are seeking to commission a service to provide Integrated Healthy Child Programme and Children's Centre Core Offer Service. As part of this process and in advance of a formal tender process we are undertaking a market engagement exercise to help us understand what the market looks like and potential levels of interest in the future commission of this service. Community engagement has already taken place (see appendix 1) and we are undertaking a full Consultation from November 2025 to February 2026 which along with the early market testing, will inform the future delivery and configuration of the service.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is inviting responses from suitably qualified and experienced organisations for the future delivery of the Integrated Healthy Child Programme (HCP) and Children's Centre Core Offer Service (CC This is a market engagement activity conducted under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). For details on how to apply, please refer to The Chest, www.the-chest.org.uk
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