Provision of Public Health Services - Public Health Early Years (Direct Award C)

Overview

The Public Health Early Years Service provides mandated elements of the Government's Healthy Child Programme from preconception to a child being age five including support for their parents/carers. The service also provides Breastfeeding Peer Support and Oral Health Promotion Services. Health Visiting provides a proactive universal and targeted service to support individuals and vulnerable groups and to protect and promote health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities. The Borough Council of Calderdale intends to award this contract to the existing provider of the service, Locala, following Direct Award Process C. Locala will deliver the requirements of the Healthy Child Programme from preconception - a child bring 5 years old and their families. Also this will include Breastfeeding Peer Support and Oral Health Promotion Services. The service will provide universal and targeted health promotion, prevention and early intervention activity taking into account families' needs and preferences. Core principles of the service are: - To adopt a trauma-informed approach and holistic view of health and wellbeing - To prioritise targeted prevention and early intervention to avoid the escalation of need - To respond to need at both Calderdale and locality level - To be accessible and inclusive to all - To ensure appropriateness of workforce - To deliver a quality and value for money offer - To collaborate and work in partnership with others to provide support which is integrated from the perspective of those receiving it and with, system ownership of the person in need - To contribute to place-based digital maturity - To ensure climate adaptation planning is a part of core business - To adopt a person-centred approach to supporting Babies, Children, Young People and Families (BCYPF) - To adopt a strengths-based and co-production approach, actively involving BCYPF creating their own health and wellbeing outcomes - To be visible in communities - To work with communities The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £18,010,582.95 with the services intended to be provided from 10 July 2025 - 09 July 2030 [TBC]. The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard with criteria equally weighted out of 100%. 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 or Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The next working day after the publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on Wednesday 2nd July 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to procurement@calderdale.gov.uk. The award decision-makers for this contract are the Borough Council of Calderdale Public Health Leadership Team. Declared and potential conflicts of interest were assessed, and none were identified. Each of the key criteria were given equal weighting as no single criterion is of higher priority than the others for the successful delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and the related population outcomes for the people of Calderdale. Quality and Innovation 20%: - The Provider has demonstrated initiative in innovation by visiting and engaging with providers of similar services elsewhere. Innovative approaches have been adopted - The Provider collaborates on service development and testing out new ways of working, including integrated delivery with partners - Compliance with NICE guidance, updates and emergent evidence around best-practice, set out in the practice procedural document - Actions from Serious Practice Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews are cascaded and c