Awarded contract

DHSC:GAPH: HV Evidence Synthesis

Details

Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care
Supplier(s): Economic Research Services Ltd t/a Fortia Insight
Value: £20,787.5
Duration: 7 months
Topic: Health services
Published: 20 July 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The government’s commitment to strengthen health visiting requires us to improve our evidence on the benefit of health visiting services and what could be achieved if we invested more into the profession, particularly if we are looking to secure additional funding for health visiting policy at the next fiscal event. This commission will support us in developing the evidence base, particularly in terms of the benefits/impact of health visiting and the impact of allocating additional funding to health visiting. It will strengthen our foundation of evidence for developing policy that will support us in achieving the government commitment to strengthen health visiting and reform the ways services are delivered to maximise our investment. The information collected through this commission will support us in writing a strong evidence-based bid with a series of options for future investment. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published20 July 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date20 July 2026
Next: Contract expiry date28 February 2027in 4 months

About the buyer

The Department of Health and Social Care sets health and social care policy for England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation through contracts tiered by value. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department of Health and Social Care's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and health and social work.

Decision makers

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