Children’s Centres and Best Start Family Hubs

Royal Borough of Greenwich is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender for the delivery of Children’s Centres and Best Start Family Hubs services across the borough.

The contract will establish a borough-wide, place-based early years and family support service, combining a consistent universal offer with targeted interventions for children and families with additional needs.

The service will focus on giving children the best start in life, improving child development and family wellbeing, strengthening parenting capacity, and ensuring families can access coordinated support across local services.

Providers will be expected to work closely with health, education, early help, children’s social care and the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector.

Services must be delivered using strengths-based, trauma-informed and relational approaches, with accessible and evidence-informed support and clear pathways between services.

The delivery model will align with the Council’s Children and Young People’s Plan, Best Start in Life, Family Hubs and Families First Partnership Programme.

Contract Information

Buyer: Royal Borough of Greenwich

Deadline: 5 October 2026, 12:00pm

Contract Value: £34,519,180 excluding VAT (£41,423,016 including VAT)

Delivery Length: 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032, with possible extensions up to 31 March 2036 at the sole discretion of the Council

Tender Link: Click here

Evaluation Criteria

Tenders will be evaluated using the following weighting:

• Quality – 80%
• Price – 20%

The estimated award decision date is 1 December 2026.

Procurement Information

The opportunity is being procured through an open procedure under the light touch regime.

The main procurement category is services, with the opportunity classified under education and training services and health and social work services.

The procurement has also been identified as particularly suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE).

The opportunity represents a substantial long-term commissioning programme for organisations delivering early years and family support services, with a particular emphasis on integrated working, accessible support and improved outcomes for children and families across Greenwich.

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