HCC - 07/23 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (PPME) for the Provision of Family Support Service, Family Centre

On the 25th of March 2021 the Department for Health and Social Care released a policy paper, ‘The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days’, which sets out the government’s vision for joined up services across early years to support families with young children. Action area 2 was a welcoming hub for families, which focused on the idea of a place parents and carers could access Start for Life services. The report notes every family must feel supported in giving their baby the best start for life, whether they’re together or separated, by setting the foundations for an individual’s cognitive, emotional, and physical development.

All parents and carers need to know where to get help and support. A baby-focused place will make families feel welcome and be somewhere they can get the help they need, whenever they need it. This is reflected in the Princess of Wales, ‘Shaping Us’ campaign.

Hertfordshire County Council (the "Council") is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement ("PPME") for the provision of Family Support Service, Family CentreThe Council is seeking input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping any future opportunity for contracts. This input will help inform any resultant procurement process.The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council.Further information can be found within the attached documentation. You are invited to submit a completed questionnaire by 12 noon on 4th August 2023Please log in to https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home to review the PPME Document for full details