How to win: St Helens Healthy Child Programme, 0 to 19 years - Soft Market Testing

About this contract

Please note that this is not a call for competition. This is a soft market testing exercise undertaken on behalf of St Helen's Council under the provisions of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 . Purpose: The service delivers the Healthy Child Programme, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) national delivery model for public health nursing. It is led by specialist community public health nurses and structured around two age-based phases, health visiting for ages 0 to 5 and school nursing for ages 5 to 19. The aims of the programme are to: ? ensure a healthy start to life. ? identify and address health needs early. ? prevent health problems. ? support school readiness and learning. ? protect children and families. ? promote health equity. St Helens Council are undertaking a soft market testing exercise to fully understand what the market can offer and the challenges in procuring and setting up this service. It is hoped that this will be an opportunity for us to obtain an insight of how participants might approach delivery of the service, and how they might address circumstances that may impact on the service. It will also help us to furt

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — St Helens Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £29,348,907, 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: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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