Healthy Child Programme (HCP) Connected Parents
- Buyer
- Wigan Council
- Value
- £1,250,000
- Closes
- 13 November 2026
- Where
- Wigan, the North West
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
Wigan Council is looking for one organisation to run a community support service for parents, carers and families with children aged 0-19 (up to 25 for young people with SEND). The service focuses on building parental confidence, infant feeding support, helping families through life transitions, strengthening community connections, and supporting local voluntary and community groups.
What the buyer wants
• Deliver community-based parenting support and family relationship building programmes across all stages of childhood and adolescence • Provide infant feeding peer support, nutrition advice, oral health promotion and access to community food resources • Support families through key transitions like pregnancy, starting school, adolescence and moving to adulthood • Build volunteering opportunities, peer support networks and help families connect with local services and community assets • Work with and develop the local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector through partnership, mentoring and coaching to build stronger community infrastructure
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This contract is genuinely difficult for most small businesses because it requires delivery of a large integrated public health service across multiple specialist areas (health visiting, nutrition, infant feeding, community development) at a contract value of £1.25 million, which typically demands multi-year funding, significant staffing infrastructure, established partnerships with health services, and proven experience in NHS-linked service delivery. A sole trader or very small team would struggle to meet requirements.
How to bid
This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.
How to write a tender response
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