Scope
Reference
HAC6120
Description
Tower Hamlets council aims to improve the health and wellbeing of residents. Public Health Enhanced Services delivered within primary care in Tower Hamlets are a key way to achieve this. These services encompass a range of health interventions aimed at improving population health outcomes, specifically targeting areas such as sexual and reproductive health, cardiometabolic disease prevention, and substance misuse.
Tower Hamlets General Practitioners (GPs) have long-established provision of a range of Public Health enhanced services to address substance misuse, provide for sexual health and undertake NHS Health Checks. Locally these are called Network Improvement Services (NIS). These services are in addition to the GP core contract commissioned by NHS England. The enhanced services provided include:
GP Sexual Health and Reproductive Services (SRH)
NHS Health Checks (NHSHC) programme
Primary Care Substance Misuse Services, including shared care for OST and screening and referral related to alcohol harms.
Contract dates (estimated)
- 19 May 2026 to 18 January 2028
- Possible extension to 17 January 2031
- 4 years, 7 months, 30 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
Engagement
Engagement deadline
27 August 2025
Engagement process description
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is to provide advance notice
to the marketplace for the upcoming tender opportunity and the intention of the London
Borough of Tower Hamlets to hold a preliminary market engagement session to identify
potential suppliers to ensure the submission of strong bids.
Market Engagement Session
To provide potential suppliers with more information about the upcoming opportunity, we have added a Market Engagement Briefing Document with responses due by 27th August 2025 for suppliers wishing to engage.
Contracting authority
Tower Hamlets
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQBL-2673-MVYG
Tower Hamlets Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road
London
E1 1BJ
United Kingdom
Region: UKI42 - Tower Hamlets
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government