Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Hertfordshire County Council
County Hall
Hertford
SG13 8DQ
Contact
Strategic Procurement Group
zoe.upson@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home
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
HCC - 04/25 - The Provision of Family Centre Service - Public Health Nursing
Reference number
HCC2516814
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85141200 - Services provided by nurses
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Hertfordshire County Council went out to Procurement for the Provision of Family Centre Service - Public Health Nursing. This is an Award Notice and this opportunity has now closed. Please see Section V (Award of Contract) for further details.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £92,187,405.80
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85141200 - Services provided by nurses
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH23 - Hertfordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Contract is to provide Hertfordshire with an integrated 0 to 19 (up to 25 for Care Leavers and SEND young people) Public Health Nursing (PHN) Service. The Service Specification requires the Service Provider to deliver the following three elements within it:
• Provision of specialist clinical public health nursing services
• Digital solutions
• Education and Prevention initiatives
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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.
The Contract Period for this Contract is an initial period of 4 years 3 months with the option to extend to a further 2 years (1+1). Therefore, the maximum duration of this Contract could be 6 years 3 months.
The Contract commencement date is 1st April 2026 meaning the initial term will end on 31st December 2029. Mobilisation will commence in October 2025.
Estimated lifetime value of the Contract inclusive of mobilisation costs is £92,187,405.80
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 80%
Price - Weighting: 20%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend for up to a further two (2) years (1+1)
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2025/S 000-015376
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
HCC2516814
Title
HCC - 04/25 - The Provision of Family Centre Service - Public Health Nursing
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25 September 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
14 Howard Court, 14 Tewin Road
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1BW
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH23 - Hertfordshire
NHS Organisation Data Service
400022
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £97,026,152
Total value of the contract/lot: £92,187,405.80
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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.
The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on the 7th October 2025.
This Contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.
Written representations should be sent to phcommissioning@hertfordshire.gov.uk
The tender required bidders to price for the Provision of Family Centre Service - Public Health Nursing .
The successful provider has been assessed against the relevant PSR 5 key criteria which were weighted in terms of their importance and detailed in the instruction to tenderers document.
The winning Provider was scored against the key criteria and was ranked the highest scoring tenderer out of the bids received.
The award decision makers are: Head of Commissioning & Service Delivery and Associate Director/Consultant in Public Health
No declared or potential conflicts of interest were identified during the process.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Independent Choice and Procurement Panel
Wellington House
London
SE1 8UG
Country
United Kingdom