Community health services

Tender description

Hertfordshire County Council (the “Council”) is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (“PPME”) for the Provision of a child and young person healthy weight service. The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council. The Council is seeking to provide a healthy weight service to support children and young people to maintain or achieve a healthy weight and lifestyle. The programme will require an evidence based multi-component intervention, addressing dietary intake, physical activity levels, self-esteem, and psychological factors/drivers. The Council would like to commission an evidence based tier 2 provision for school age children across Hertfordshire, but this time it will offer a stepped support approach in order to provide support and early intervention to the greatest number of children possible.