HAC5997 Children & Young People’s Health & Wellbeing Service

London Borough of Tower Hamlets (Tower Hamlets) is looking to procure a suitable provider to deliver Children & Young People’s Health & Wellbeing Service. The contract will be for an initial term of 3 years with optional extensions of a maximum further 4 years. The extensions will consist of 2 years each.

The estimated value of the total 7 year term is £16,800,000.

Tower Hamlets are seeking expressions of interest from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers to deliver the services required by this contract:

• Primary-school aged children (5-11 years), whether in full time education at a mainstream school or educated other than at school. 4-year-olds attending schools in Reception year will also be eligible for this element
• 11-19 year olds and in full time education at a mainstream school, educated other than at school or not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET), and up to 25 years for young people with SEND or care experience.

5-11 years: The service offer will be similar to the existing school health service, whereby school nurses lead a skill-mix workforce to deliver the Healthy Child Programme. Activities include school-entry health assessments, hearing and vision screening, height- and weight-assessments in Reception and Year 6, support for schools in managing medical conditions and training.

11-19 years: This service offer merges the current school nursing provision for secondary schools with the current ‘Safe East’ provision. The service will be community-based (for example in youth services) with in-reach into secondary schools, providing different ways for young people to access health support: in schools, community settings, and through text messaging and online provision.

This service element will support schools to develop support plans for children with health conditions, health needs assessments for new starters and training; plus health promotion workshops, brief interventions, C-card condom scheme, You’re Welcome accreditation for young people-friendly settings, Tier 2 and some Tier 3 sexual health services, Tier 2 and 3 substance misuse treatment and smoking cessation support. Dedicated support for children in the youth justice service will also continue

The successful provider will enter into contract with Tower Hamlets utilising their standard T&Cs (included in tender pack) for an initial term of 3 years, with a maximum optional extension of 4 years.

Tower Hamlets are following the Open procurement procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Register 2015.

Full information can be found in the attached tender documentation

2 extension option(s) available, 0 taken; up to 48 months in total

Option: 24 months, from 2028-04-01, to 2030-03-31, Option to extend for 2 years

Option: 24 months, from 2030-04-01, to 2032-03-31, Option to extend for 2 years