Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Rotherham MBC
Riverside House, Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE
Contact
Ms Angela Wilson
angela-proc.wilson@rotherham.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1709334551
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
20-154 Childrens Public Health Nursing Service - Market Engagement - Soft Market Testing Exercise
Reference number
DN550441
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is looking to engage with the market for the provision of the Childrens Public Health Nursing Service.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £51,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85141000 - Services provided by medical personnel
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Main site or place of performance
Rotherham Borough
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is looking to engage with the market for the provision of the Childrens Public Health Nursing Service.
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The provider will deliver universal and targeted interventions in partnership with key service areas and stakeholders to deliver wider public health and social care outcomes.
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This contract will start in April 2023 and be for up ten years (dependant on performance).
RMBC will be holding a market engagement event in September 2021. Further details will be published on yortender.co.uk in due course.
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The provider will be proactive in delivering both innovative and evidence-based solutions to overcome current and future obstacles to improved health and wellbeing outcomes for children, young people and families of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough. The service will support our post-COVID recovery and will take learning from the upsurge in the use of digital technology.
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The current service is primarily a preventative and early intervention service aimed at delivering health care to families in accordance with the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) with significant input in the safeguarding arena.
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In Rotherham, the current service includes the following areas of delivery:
• Health Visiting (including the five mandated contacts as set out in the HCP)
• Targeted Family Support Service (e.g. Young Parent’s Service)
• School Nursing (5-16 and 16-19)
• Oral Health Promotion
• Breastfeeding Peer Support
• The National Child Measurement Programme, including follow up interventions
• Looked After Children (LAC) annual checks
• Therapeutic interventions (Early Attachment Team has been created).
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The service is primarily a preventative and early help model, with a universal offer, supplemented by targeted interventions and Universal Partnership plus (targeted intervention working alongside partners)
The new service model will deliver a clear children and families pathway, seamless at the point of delivery and embedded within Rotherhams childrens offer.
Potential bidders should note that the estimated date for publication of the tender notice as detailed in section 11.3 below is exactly that. RMBC shall have the right to publish earlier or later should it wish to do so.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £51,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
This contract is likely to be for 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 5 years. Should this still be the outcome after market consultation, then the contract would be renewable anywhere between April 2028 and March 2033 depending on whether extension options have been exercised or not.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 April 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes