Purpose

Request to contract award a School Health (School Nursing) Service for The Royal Borough
of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC).

The School Health (School Nursing) Service takes a
lead in the coordination and delivery of core universal and
mandated elements of the Healthy Child Programme (5-19) and
provides clinical expertise within school settings. The service
delivers a diverse range of activities to promote the health and
wellbeing of the school aged population: universal health
screening, including the mandated National Child Measurement
Programme (NCMP); supporting schools in the management of pupils
with health conditions; safeguarding and early identification of
problems or additional needs and physical, mental and emotional
health promotion.
Following a reprocurement
exercise in progress, a key decision will support the
recommendations for the contract award for the service for contract
award and implantation from early 2024. The contract duration as
per agreed procurement strategy is of 5 +2 years. A six-month
Direct Award may also be sought for the incumbent
provider.

Decision

Lead
Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health
APPROVED,

1.   
The contract award for the delivery of School Health
(School Nursing) Services to Central & North West London (NHS
Foundation Trust).
 

2.   
The total sum is for £4,032,913
(£4,839,495 including VAT*) for the period February 2024 to
January 2027, with the option to extend for an additional period of
two years at an additional cost of £2,922,551
(£3,507,061 including VAT*).
 

3.   
The full contract term is for five years (three plus
two) at a total contract value of £6,955,464
(£8,346,556 including VAT*).
 

4.   
*To note that VAT is for reference only and is not
payable for this service.