Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Dukes Court, Duke Street
Woking
GU215BH
syheartlandsicb.contractsadmin@nhs.net
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ25 - West Surrey
NHS Organisation Data Service
QXU
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Equity in Action Service
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The services in scope involve community engagement, co-production of solutions, outreach, health promotion, and support in navigating health systems and contain several ambitions for positive local outcomes, all of which require a provider with deep Surrey grassroots reach and trusted relationships, both with other local providers with whom they partner and with the communities served.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ25 - West Surrey
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The services in scope involve community engagement, co-production of solutions, outreach, health promotion, and support in navigating health systems and contain several ambitions for positive local outcomes, all of which require a provider with deep Surrey grassroots reach and trusted relationships, both with other local providers with whom they partner and with the communities served.
The local outcome ambitions for the services within scope of delivery under this contract are described below.
• To increase awareness of women's health within ethnic minority communities and contribute to prevention of women's health issues.
• To enhance the quality of conversations about women's health and mental health in clinical practice with respect to cultural sensitivities.
• To improve physical and mental health outcomes for women from ethnic minority communities.
• To improve the mental health of women and birthing people from ethnic minority communities.
• To prevent increased severity of mental health conditions through inclusive early intervention.
• To support quality of referrals and efficiency of pathways into Tier 3 mental health support for women and birthing people in the perinatal period.
• To improve the experience of healthcare service users across Surrey Heartlands.
• To contribute to service co-production by capturing the voices of individuals from seldom heard communities and improve equity of access to health services.
• To improve cultural awareness and competency in practice and inclusion of services and practice.
• To support connections to women's health, diabetes, chronic vascular disease (CVD) and mental health services through community outreach advocacy/bridge of support.
• To empower women and birthing people, children and adults to access support and build healthcare literacy.
• To target Type 2 diabetes and CVD management education to prevent type 2 diabetes and improve outcomes.
• Prevention for families with a history of Type 2 diabetes particularly to prevent occurrence of Type 2 diabetes in children.
Services under the umbrella of Health Inequalities in Perinatal Health, Women's Health and Associated Mental Health are
• Healthy Eating and Activity Culturally Inclusive Education
• Women's 1:1 mental health provision
• Women's Health Groups
• Health Literacy and Health Check Outreach
• Cultural Awareness Training
Both the perinatal mental health counselling and Women's Health Groups are clinical services and constitute the main elements of service provision, provided on a weekly to monthly basis. Perinatal mental health support must be provided by a qualified counsellor and the Women's Health Groups must be led by a Community Development Worker (Community development worker specialising in health and wellbeing, specifically women's health.
Counselling, social prescribing and psycho-social mental health support means that the clinical element of this contract significantly exceeds 50%.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 November 2025
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
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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.'
Award decision makers:
Surrey Heartlands ICB Commissioning, Contracting & Commercial Committee
Delegated authority to Director of Contracts, Procurement and Estates and Executive Director of Strategic Commissioning
The intention is to award a contract using the most suitable provider process.