Healthy Child Programme (HCP) Connected Parents

What the buyer is asking for

Wigan Council's Public Health Team requires x1 provider to deliver a proposed service that will provide a community-based offer for parents, carers and families of children and young people aged 0-19 years, and up to 25 years for young people with SEND, with a particular focus on the first 1001 days and adolescence as key developmental periods. The service will be centred around 5 key areas. • Parenting Confidence and Family Relationships - Supporting parents and carers to build confidence, strengthen relationships with their children and young people, develop peer connections and access opportunities for shared learning through all stages of childhood and adolescence. • Infant Feeding, Food and Nutrition - Delivering a community-based infant feeding offer through paid peer support, alongside activities that promote healthy nutrition, responsive feeding, oral health and access to community food resources. • Key Transitions and Development - Increasing confidence and community connections during important developmental stages including pregnancy, transition to parenthood, the first 1001 days, school transitions, adolescence and transition to adulthood for young people with SEND. • Community Capacity and Connected Communities - Developing volunteering opportunities, peer support networks, parent leadership and community participation, helping families become more connected to neighbourhood assets, opportunities and services. • VCFSE Development and Community Wealth Building - Supporting the growth and sustainability of the local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector through partnership working, mentoring, coaching, micro-commissioning and community capacity building. A key ambition is to leave stronger community infrastructure and local capability at the end of the contract than existed at mobilisation. The approach will complement the existing Public Health Nursing and Family Hub offer, strengthening community connectedness, parental confidence, participation, infant feeding, healthy nutrition and community capacity. A key ambition of the commission is to work alongside and strengthen the local Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector through partnership working, community development, mentoring and market-shaping approaches.

How this is scored

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• 40%qualityQuality Questions
• 25%pricePricing
• 15%qualitySocial Value
• 20%qualityInterview

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

• economic

  Legal Capacity: Insurance Requirements: The successful bidder must be willing to obtain by the start of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below: a) Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = £10,000,000 for each and every occurrence; b) Public Liability Insurance = £10,000,000 for each and every occurrence, &; c) Professional Indemnity Insurance = £2,000,000 for each and every occurrence. Data Protection/GDPR - The successful provider must have in place by the award of the contract, the human and technical resources to perform the contract to ensure compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and to ensure the protection of the rights of data subjects. Data Protection/GDPR - The successful provider must confirm that its organisation has appropriate policies, procedures, workforce training and technical measures in place to comply with UK GDPR and Data Protection legislation and to protect personal information relating to children, young people, parents, carers, volunteers and staff. Data Protection/GDPR - The successful provider must provide a brief summary of the above referenced arrangements, including: Data protection governance; workforce training; information security arrangements; management of data breaches and subject access request processes.

• technical

  Relevant Experience and Contract Examples - Please provide details of up to two contracts to meet conditions of participation relating to technical ability set out in the relevant notice or procurement documents, in any combination from either the public or private sectors (which may include samples of grant-funded work). Organisational Standards - Please describe any relevant quality standards, frameworks, training programmes or accreditation schemes that support your delivery of this service, including arrangements relating to infant feeding support, safeguarding, volunteer management and workforce development. Health & Safety (H&S) - (a) Please confirm that your organisation has appropriate Health and Safety policies and procedures in place, &; (b) Please describe how Health and Safety will be managed during delivery of this service. Safeguarding - Please describe your safeguarding arrangements and how these will be applied to delivery of the Connected Parents service. Safeguarding - Please confirm that your organisation, will comply with both the Wigan Council Adult Safeguarding and Wigan Council's Safeguarding Policies. Children's: http://www.wigan.gov.uk/WSCB/index.aspx Adults: http://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Health-Social-Care/Adults/report-abuse-or-neglect-of-a-vulnerable-adult.aspx Modern Slavery Statement (or equivalent statement/document).

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published25 days ago

   12 Oct 2026, 22:34 BST
2. Clarification questions by9 days ago

   28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
3. Submission deadlinein 7 days

   13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 59 days

   4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender

1. Pipeline or early engagement notice13 Aug 2026, 15:27 BST077339-2026
2. Tender notice12 Oct 2026, 22:34 BST096326-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender