Scope
Description
The Council's Public Health team is seeking to commission an evidence-based programme as part of a preventative approach to establish body respect early in life and address concerns that children and young people (CYP) may already have. The programme should promote positive body image and encourage feeling comfortable and confident in one's own body, supporting healthy choices and overall wellbeing. It should also incorporate elements that foster respect for diversity, self-esteem, and movement for enjoyment rather than appearance, helping CYP to develop lifelong habits that prioritise health and wellbeing over unrealistic body ideals.
The Council are therefore seeking proposals from providers to deliver a whole school training package which empowers children and young people (CYP) to respect their bodies and those of others. The package will include direct work with CYP, delivering CPD to school staff and an offer for families.
The programme will have three key aims:
•To upskill and enhance the understanding and confidence of school staff and system partners to support CYP to have body respect for themselves and others.
•To explore and improve CYP's feelings and attitudes towards their own and others' bodies and appearances by establishing whole school inclusive cultures around body respect.
•To provide parents/carers with information that empowers them to have supportive discussions with CYP around body image and respect and nurture positive relationships with food and movement from an early age.
To support the roll out and align with existing work, the provider will also deliver bespoke training/awareness sessions for the Public Health team and key system partners such as school nurses and youth workers.
Total value (estimated)
- £25,000 excluding VAT
- £30,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 30 January 2026 to 30 July 2027
- 1 year, 6 months, 1 day
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 80100000 - Primary education services
- 80200000 - Secondary education services
- 80511000 - Staff training services
- 85100000 - Health services
Contract locations
- UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Participation
Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Submission
Enquiry deadline
25 November 2025, 12:00pm
Tender submission deadline
11 December 2025, 12:00pm
Submission address and any special instructions
Request for Quotation. Completed submissions to be returned to Stephanie.Steventon@northnorthants.gov.uk by no later than the Deadline for Submission of Bids, Thursday, 11 December 2025.
Tenders may be submitted electronically
No
Award criteria
The award criteria is set out in the Request For Quotation documentation. It is a combination of price and quality.
Quality 90% and Price 10%
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - open competition
Documents
Associated tender documents
NNC PH - RfQ - Whole School Body Image Training and Workshops.docx
Contracting authority
North Northamptonshire Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQCM-5634-HGCN
The Corby Cube, George Street
Corby
NN17 1QG
United Kingdom
Contact name: Steph Steventon
Region: UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government