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Babies, Children and Young People Modern Service Framework

NHS England · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 28 Sept 2026, 09:01.

Opportunity overview

Early Market Engagement Notice Foreword NHS England is exploring collaboration opportunities with stakeholders from the private, public and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sectors who are interested in helping to improve the health and life chances of babies, children and young people. Prior to formally launching this opportunity, we are hosting a virtual engagement forum on Tuesday 6th October, 15:30 – 17:00. This will be a chance for organisations to learn more about our ambitions, feed into the development of our approach and discuss any ideas and suggestions they may have to collaboratively improve the health of children and young people. NHS England recognises the Department of Health and Social Care has recently launched a Child Poverty Market engagement notice https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062438-2026 . While there are some shared themes, the two initiatives have separate objectives. The DHSC programme is focused specifically on child poverty, whereas this market engagement seeks to explore a broader range of opportunities to improve outcomes for babies, children and young people. Since this is neither a call for competition nor a procurement, for administrative and technical reasons, it's been assigned a monetary value of £0.

Classification

  • CPV15000000 — Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
  • CPV15800000 — Miscellaneous food products
  • CPV22110000 — Printed books
  • CPV31500000 — Lighting equipment and electric lamps
  • CPV32000000 — Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
  • CPV33000000 — Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
  • CPV33185000 — Hearing aids
  • CPV33600000 — Pharmaceutical products
  • CPV37000000 — Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
  • CPV37400000 — Sports goods and equipment
  • CPV37524000 — Games
  • CPV39000000 — Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
  • CPV44800000 — Paints, varnishes and mastics
  • CPV44812000 — Artists' paints
  • CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems
  • CPV55000000 — Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
  • CPV55500000 — Canteen and catering services
  • CPV55900000 — Retail trade services
  • CPV64200000 — Telecommunications services
  • CPV66110000 — Banking services
  • CPV71200000 — Architectural and related services
  • CPV71220000 — Architectural design services
  • CPV71240000 — Architectural, engineering and planning services
  • CPV71420000 — Landscape architectural services
  • CPV72222300 — Information technology services
  • CPV77330000 — Floral-display services
  • CPV80000000 — Education and training services
  • CPV80300000 — Higher education services
  • CPV80340000 — Special education services
  • CPV85100000 — Health services
  • CPV85121240 — ENT or audiologist services
  • CPV85149000 — Pharmacy services
  • CPV85300000 — Social work and related services
  • CPV92000000 — Recreational, cultural and sporting services
  • CPV92610000 — Sports facilities operation services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06f6e3
Main Procurement Category
services
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Amendments

Entry 1
Description
Extended registration date for the Market engagement forum to 2nd October
Id
091220-2026

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
29 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
6 Oct 2026, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85100000
Description
Health services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
85300000
Description
Social work and related services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
15000000
Description
Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
15800000
Description
Miscellaneous food products
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
32000000
Description
Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
64200000
Description
Telecommunications services
Entry 7
Scheme
CPV
Id
33000000
Description
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Entry 8
Scheme
CPV
Id
55000000
Description
Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
Entry 9
Scheme
CPV
Id
55500000
Description
Canteen and catering services
Entry 10
Scheme
CPV
Id
55900000
Description
Retail trade services
Entry 11
Scheme
CPV
Id
72222300
Description
Information technology services
Entry 12
Scheme
CPV
Id
77330000
Description
Floral-display services
Entry 13
Scheme
CPV
Id
80000000
Description
Education and training services
Entry 14
Scheme
CPV
Id
80340000
Description
Special education services
Entry 15
Scheme
CPV
Id
92000000
Description
Recreational, cultural and sporting services
Entry 16
Scheme
CPV
Id
37400000
Description
Sports goods and equipment
Entry 17
Scheme
CPV
Id
92610000
Description
Sports facilities operation services
Entry 18
Scheme
CPV
Id
22110000
Description
Printed books
Entry 19
Scheme
CPV
Id
31500000
Description
Lighting equipment and electric lamps
Entry 20
Scheme
CPV
Id
33185000
Description
Hearing aids
Entry 21
Scheme
CPV
Id
33600000
Description
Pharmaceutical products
Entry 22
Scheme
CPV
Id
37524000
Description
Games
Entry 23
Scheme
CPV
Id
37000000
Description
Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
Entry 24
Scheme
CPV
Id
39000000
Description
Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
Entry 25
Scheme
CPV
Id
44800000
Description
Paints, varnishes and mastics
Entry 26
Scheme
CPV
Id
44812000
Description
Artists' paints
Entry 27
Scheme
CPV
Id
48000000
Description
Software package and information systems
Entry 28
Scheme
CPV
Id
66110000
Description
Banking services
Entry 29
Scheme
CPV
Id
71200000
Description
Architectural and related services
Entry 30
Scheme
CPV
Id
71220000
Description
Architectural design services
Entry 31
Scheme
CPV
Id
71240000
Description
Architectural, engineering and planning services
Entry 32
Scheme
CPV
Id
71420000
Description
Landscape architectural services
Entry 33
Scheme
CPV
Id
85121240
Description
ENT or audiologist services
Entry 34
Scheme
CPV
Id
85149000
Description
Pharmacy services
Entry 35
Scheme
CPV
Id
80300000
Description
Higher education services

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Background England has some of the world’s highest quality and innovative health services for children. However, children and their families are navigating a system that is disjointed, with care siloed into mental and physical health, and centralised rather than designed around where children spend most of their time – in neighbourhoods and schools. The overall disease burden is changing and growing with 1 in 5 children aged 8-16 now experiencing probable mental health disorder which is compounded by wider societal challenges including screen time and social media; and about a quarter of 10–11-year-olds are living with obesity with trends suggesting that 41% of children could be overweight or obese by 2035. Children are not defined by single conditions: there is substantial overlap between mental and physical health conditions, but our health services have been configured to treat them separately. Alongside this, school absence has risen significantly since the pandemic, with nearly one in five children persistently absent, with much of this linked to ill health. Children’s health is shaped by a complex range of factors that influence their lifelong health and life chances, and we need to respond to the key challenges around child health which include the following areas: • Rising demand • Healthcare services are under strain and parents lack confidence in managing minor childhood illnesses. There is also an over-reliance on hospital care due to the lack of availability of care in the community. • A decrease in early and preventative interventions means support is often given too late and are not always joined up with public health services. Vaccination, oral health and healthy living are three areas where early intervention can deliver lifelong benefits and reduce health inequalities. • More than 1 in 5 CYP have a probable mental health disorder. And there is a real increase in distress, particularly among young people, with increasing effects on education, work and everyday functioning. • There are over 1.8 million pupils in England with SEND. The most common type of need among children with SEN support is speech, language and communication needs, followed by social, emotional and mental health needs. • Health system structures can be very fragmented when they are designed around the clinical pathway rather than the child. Children now present with more diagnoses, more co-morbidities and more chronic and life-limiting conditions than a decade ago. These children often have to have multiple appointments and cannot get all their needs met at once, increasing the burden on families and days missed from school. A Modern Service Framework for children and young people NHS England is developing a Modern Service Framework (MSF) for babies, children and young people that will support the NHS and system partners to improve health services for babies, children, and young people and their parents and carers. The scope of this framework is to support children aged zero to 25, with maternity and neonates being out of scope. The MSF will support the government’s ambition to raise the healthiest generation ever and sets out priority actions in achieving a step change in care delivery across children’s health services. Our ambition is that by 2035, babies, children, young people and their families will experience more proactive, personalised, integrated care, with a stronger focus on prevention, early intervention, reducing inequalities and delivering joined-up support closer to home. Care will be tailored to individual needs, better coordinated across services, and designed to improve outcomes and experiences throughout childhood and into adulthood. This will be underpinned by digital innovation, with technology enabling safer, more personalised and coordinated care. Market Engagement Opportunity To support the delivery of the MSF, NHS England is interested in collaborating with private, public and/ or VCSE organisations and are hosting a virtual engagement forum to hear your views and discuss how we can work together to achieve our ambitions. To be eligible to attend this forum, you must be a public or private sector organisation or VCSE involved, or interested in, improving health outcomes for babies, children and young people. The virtual engagement forum will be held on Tuesday 6th October, 15:30 – 17:00. To register your interest please follow this link to register: Babies, children and young people Modern Service Framework partnership opportunity – https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MIwnYaiRMUyMH-9N6Jc6HCRBnigXHmBNjiyrXXnP2_xUOTgyTjFNSUlRVENNRjZKNU1SVjFGOE1DMi4u Joining instructions will be sent to eligible organisations who have requested to attend. The deadline for responses is 12pm on 2nd October 2026. In the event that there are a significant number of organisations that meet the eligibility criteria, NHS England reserve the right to close the registration link early and attendance will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If you have any issues accessing the link or have specific questions around the market engagement, please contact: england.cyp.msfpartnerships@nhs.net
Due
29 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
091220-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
28 Sept 2026, 07:43
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
NHS England
Id
GB-PPON-PDPT-3135-BWWY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDPT-3135-BWWY

Address

Street Address
Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd
Locality
London
Postal Code
SE1 8UG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI45

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI45 · SE1 8UG · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 085916-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 087337-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 091220-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·