Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Worcestershire County Council
County Hall, Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR52NP
Contact
Kerstin Byfield
Kbyfield@worcestershire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG12 - Worcestershire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Public Health Nursing Services for Children, Young People aged 0-19 and their Families
Reference number
HEA24010
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG12 - Worcestershire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
Worcestershire County Council, led by Public Health has commissioned an integrated Public Health Nursing Service. The Public Health Nursing Service will focus on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and will provide effective prevention and early interventions either as a single service or jointly with other services working within the wider early help system. The Service will work proactively with other services, agencies and the VCS to coordinate and deliver packages of holistic care for children, young people and their families. All interventions delivered will be evidence based and clinically led by appropriately qualified staff.
In accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Worcestershire County Council intends to apply Direct Award Process C to award the Worcestershire Public Health Nursing Contract to its existing provider, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust.
The service will commence 1 April 2025 and end 31 March 2030. The contract is for a 5-year term with an optional +1 +1 extension.
This contract has an approximate lifetime value of £60,307,170 (this includes the two one-year extensions).
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
84
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2024/S 000-034444
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
WCC20242103
Title
Public Health Nursing Services for Children, Young People aged 0-19 and their Families
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
7 August 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
2 King's Court, Charles Hastings Way,
Worcester
WR5 1JR
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG12 - Worcestershire
NHS Organisation Data Service
R1A
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £60,307,170
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified.
The decision making approval process for this modification is via the Authority's Commercial Governance Board. This modification was approved by the Commercial Board on 21/07/25 by the following Chief Financial Officer, Head of Commercial, Principal Solicitor (Commercial), Operations Manager (Commercial), Deputy Chief Finance Officer, Assistant Director A&C Commissioning (Adults) and Assistant Direct Major Projects & Waste (E&I).
The Authority manages potential conflicts of interest by recording declarations of Senior Officers at the start of each Commercial Board meeting. Commissioners involved in designing the service are also asked to declare any known conflicts of interest before participating in re-commissioning activity or making any recommendations. No conflicts of interest were identified among individuals involved in making the decision in relation to this service.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
London
Country
United Kingdom
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UKG12 - Worcestershire
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
An additional £170,000 per annum is to be made available to the Trust. The additional funding will enable the Trust to recruit specialist SEND focused health visitors, to provide a focused intervention for children that have been identified at the 2.5-year check as requiring support with development or SEND needs. The roles will add an additional layer of early intervention to ensure those with higher levels of need can get the right support early and potentially avoid unnecessary delays on wider service waiting lists. This layer of early intervention is required within our current system to improve outcomes for children with higher levels of developmental need.
Additional capacity will also allow the infant feeding team to expand, enabling the commencement of a new pilot delivering group-based support for parents-to-be to prepare for breastfeeding. Currently capacity only allows the service to deliver support postnatally, however evidence shows if we can more effectively prepare families with information and guidance to breastfeed before they give birth, and build support networks, they are more successful in their breastfeeding journey. Worcestershire is currently performing worse than the national picture regarding breastfeeding rates at 6 weeks. This is something as a county we need to improve to improve health outcomes for babies and mothers.
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
84
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£61,497,170
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
2 King's Court, Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR5 1JR
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG12 - Worcestershire
NHS Organisation Data Service
R1A
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
The modification is made at the discretion of the relevant authority and the modification does not render the contract or framework agreement materially different in character and the cumulative change in the lifetime value of the contract or framework agreement, compared to its value when it was entered into, is under 25%.
The modification is effective from 07/08/25. There is no change to the length of contract. The original lifetime value is £60,307,170; with the additional funding, the new lifetime value is £61,497,170
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire.
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
PSR regulations allow for modifications under certain conditions. This modification is made at the discretion of the Authority and the modification does not render the contract materially different in character and the cumulative change in the lifetime value of the contract is less than 25%.
The modification will enable the supplier to provider additionality to the delivery of the contract, specifically in relation to recruiting SEND focused Health Visitors and additional capacity in the infant feeding team. The supplier is already providing health visitors and infant feeding and this modification will enhance the current offer to better support children, young people and their families across the county.
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £60,307,170
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £61,497,170