How to win: 0–19 Public Health Nursing Service (PHNS) Healthy Child Programme

About this contract

This early market engagement to support decisions for Shropshire Council’s future commissioning intentions for the 0–19 Public Health Nursing Service (PHNS), including health visiting, school nursing, and the Family Nurse Partnership, and up to age 25 for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). It provides potential providers with background information on the service requirements, the current policy context, local needs, and the key lines of enquiry commissioners want to explore through market engagement. This is not the start of a formal procurement process. The Council is seeking market views to inform service design, delivery expectations, affordability, and future commissioning. The commissioned service includes health visiting, school nursing, and the Family Nurse Partnership, providing universal, targeted, and specialist public health nursing support across the 0–19 pathway and up to age 25, where relevant, for young people with SEND. The service is expected to deliver the mandated elements of the Healthy Child Programme and associated public health requirements, while also contributing to wider local priorities and integrated pathw

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Shropshire Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £25,296,850, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 15 July 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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