UK-Maidstone: Community health services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
Kent County Council
Kent County Council | Sessions House, Maidstone, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000416375, Email: matthew.wellard@kent.gov.uk
Contact: Matthew Wellard
Main Address: www.kent.gov.uk
NUTS Code: UKJ4

I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity:
Health

Section II: Object Of The Contract

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: CN250184 School Health
Reference number: CN250184

II.1.2) Main CPV code:
85323000 - Community health services.


II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

II.1.4) Short description: 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 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 16 February 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The procurement conducted is a Direct Award C.

II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 21,898,681

Currency:GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
Not Provided

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UKJ4 - Kent

Main site or place of performance:
Kent


II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The Direct Award C covers the procurement of the School Health Service. The key objectives of the School Health service are to:
oImprove health and reduce health inequalities through the delivery of targeted and progressive element of the Healthy Child programme 5 -19.
odelivering interventions which improve health and wellbeing of children and families.
oImprove health and wellbeing of children and their families.
oProvide a responsive service that meets user needs.
oIndividual health and wellbeing interventions and support to address identified public health needs of children and young people, enabling them to stay healthy and support them to learn.
oIdentifying children’s needs, signposting to appropriate services, and providing health promotion messages and targeted evidence-based interventions. This plays a vital part in the reduction of child health inequalities through a holistic approach to identifying and addressing the health needs of children.

Conflicts of interest were managed throughout the process and none were declared. The evaluation panel independently reviewed the information provided against each of the 5 Key Criteria. The planned evaluation panel consisted of Billie Hamilton-Moss (Specialist), Chloe Nelson (Senior Commissioner) and Wendy Jeffreys (Public Health Consultant). Matthew Wellard (Commercial and Procurement Manager) moderated the process. Dr Anjan Ghosh approved the intent to award. In assessment of a considerable change, it was established that the contracts are not materially different in nature, nor will there be an increase in contract value of more than 25% and £500k of the original contract values. This process robustly assessed the contract performance and future contract performance across ALL of the 5 key criteria, namely: •Quality and innovation (30%) •Value (30%) •Integration, collaboration and service sustainability (15%) •Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice (15%) •Social value (10%)

II.2.5) Award criteria:

Price - Weighting: 10


II.2.11) Information about options
Options: No


II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1)


IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No


IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: No

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Not Provided


IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

Contract No: CN250184
Lot Number: Not Provided
Title: School Health

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


V.2) Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 03/02/2026

V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

Contractor (No.1)
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, N/A
Trinity House, 110-120 Upper Pemberton, Ashford, TN25 4AZ, United Kingdom
NUTS Code: UKJ4
The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 21,898,681
Total value of the contract/lot: 21,898,681
Currency: GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information: 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 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 16 February 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The procurement conducted is a Direct Award C.
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https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1011744404
VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body
Kent County Council
County Hall, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ, United Kingdom
Internet address: www.kent.gov.uk

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Not Provided

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 04/02/2026




ANNEX D

2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

3. Explanation
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 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 16 February 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The procurement conducted is a Direct Award C.