Provision of Child Protection Medical and Initial Health Assessment Service

This is a transparency notice to notify the market of CNWL’s intention to commission a short-term contract for Child Protection Medical Services and Initial Health Assessments for Milton Keynes, with a proposed contract term of maximum 6 months (the “Proposed Contract”). This notice is to invite engagement with potential suppliers, to scope market interest, supplier capability and to inform the PSR process to be followed. <br/>The provision of Child Protection Medical Services and Initial Health Assessments includes the following services:<br/>1) Child Protection Medical service for children aged over 2 where there is a concern regarding neglect, until the end of March 2026. A child protection examination is carried out to look for signs that a child or young person has been abused or neglected. This is different from a clinical examination, which aims to establish what is wrong with the child or young person and what treatment may be needed.<br/>2) Any under utilised capacity for CPMAs maybe used to deliver Initial Health Assessments for Looked After Children where appropriate. An Initial Health Assessment is carried out as a statutory health assessment within 20 working days of coming into care and needs to be carried out by a trained doctor.<br/><br/>CNWL invites any providers who consider they can deliver the services as described in the specification of requirements and this transparency notice , to express their interest in being considered for inclusion in any PSR procurement process, if it is decided to follow a PSR process. <br/>Any providers wishing to express an interest should read and familiarise themselves with Document 1 Market Engagement – Supplier Information Questionnaire, and Document 2 Service Specification and, complete the documents Document 1 Market Engagement – Supplier Information Questionnaire, within the Atamis project, the details of which are provided below. <br/>The opportunity to register an interest and submit a completed Document 1 Market Engagement – Supplier Information Questionnaire will be open for a period of 10 days, from the date of publishing this notice, before CNWL proceeds to consider the supplier responses and decide a procurement approach.<br/><br/>To register your interest, please follow the link below, and search for the project reference/name as detailed:<br/><br/>https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome<br/>Project reference: C393104<br/>Project Name: Child Protection Medical Services