Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs

What the buyer is asking for

Tenders are invited from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs services across the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The contract will provide a borough-wide, place-based early years and family support service, delivering a consistent universal offer alongside targeted interventions for children and families with additional needs. Services will promote the best start in life, improve child development and family wellbeing, strengthen parenting capacity, and provide integrated support through close partnership working with health, education, early help, children's social care and the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector. The Provider will deliver services using strengths-based, trauma-informed and relational approaches, ensuring accessible, evidence-informed support and seamless pathways for families in line with the Council's Children and Young People's Plan, Best Start in Life, Family Hubs and Families First Partnership Programme.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 80%qualityQuality
• 20%pricePrice

How contested is this?

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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published35 days ago

   17 Aug 2026, 17:32 BST
2. Submission deadlinein 13 days

   5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
3. Award decision expected byin 71 days

   1 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

6 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender

1. Notice published13 Jan 2026, 18:03 GMT002878-2026
2. Pipeline or early engagement notice9 Feb 2026, 11:25 GMT011300-2026
3. Pipeline or early engagement notice2 Mar 2026, 10:54 GMT018308-2026
4. Pipeline or early engagement notice15 May 2026, 15:21 BST045000-2026
5. Notice published2 Jun 2026, 09:22 BST051685-2026
6. Tender notice17 Aug 2026, 17:32 BST078302-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender