ClosedHealth and social care

Starting Well - Market engagement 2025[E11]

Ellesmere Port, United KingdomCheshire west and Chester Borough Council[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Cheshire West and Chester Council are seeking to commission a service to provide Integrated Healthy Child Programme and Children's Centre Core Offer Service. As part of this process and in advance of a formal tender process we are undertaking a market engagement exercise to help us understand what the market looks like and potential levels of interest in the future commission of this service.
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 7 Nov 2025, 17:00 UTC. UTC: 7 Nov 2025, 17:00 UTC.
Published 27 Oct 2025.
Value: Not stated by the buyer.
Buyer: Cheshire west and Chester Borough CouncilSee what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab) ↗
Tender documents: The tender documents for this notice are on the buyer's own portal, usually behind a free supplier registration. We link to them and do not fetch them, so the report is based on the notice only.

This opportunity is closed and its deadline has passed. Reports are not available for it.

Deadline[E4]: 7 Nov 2025, 17:00 UTC
Value: Not stated
Published[E9]: 27 Oct 2025
Procedure[E8]: Other -
Source: UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 2 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Cheshire West and Chester Council are seeking to commission a service to provide Integrated Healthy Child Programme and Children's Centre Core Offer Service. As part of this process and in advance of a formal tender process we are undertaking a market engagement exercise to help us understand what the market looks like and potential levels of interest in the future commission of this service. Community engagement has already taken place (see appendix 1) and we are undertaking a full Consultation from November 2025 to February 2026 which along with the early market testing, will inform the future delivery and configuration of the service. Cheshire West and Chester Council is inviting responses from suitably qualified and experienced organisations for the future delivery of the Integrated Healthy Child Programme (HCP) and Children's Centre Core Offer Service (CC This is a market engagement activity conducted under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). For details on how to apply, please refer to The Chest, www.the-chest.org.uk[E5]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery location: England, United Kingdom.[E6]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

UnknownThe notice does not state a value.
UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC
The deadline (2025-11-07T17:00:00.000Z) has passed.
Source document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679

Evidence

11 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council.
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 85000000 (Health and social work services).
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Tenders must be submitted by 7 Nov 2025, 17:00 UTC.
“2025-11-07T17:00:00Z”
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“Cheshire West and Chester Council are seeking to commission a service to provide Integrated Healthy Child Programme and Children's Centre Core Offer Service. As part of this process and in advance of a formal tender process we are undertaking a market engagement exercise to help…”
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery location: England, United Kingdom.
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.
“tender”
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procedure is: Other -.
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 27 Oct 2025.
“2025-10-27T12:52:48Z”
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Starting Well - Market engagement 2025".
Document 95a90e4f-5f22-4fb9-a4e2-1c71754bf206-869679, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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