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Parents As First Teachers
Published 10 Jul 2026
10 Jul 2026
Closed 17 Aug 2026
- Primary CPV
-
85000000 *
Health and social work services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, South West
- Value
- £400,000
- Contract
-
2.5 years Duration
01/10/2026 31/03/2029
- Contract Types
-
85 *Health & social work servicesFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
County Hall, Truro, TR1 3AY, United Kingdom · UKK30
Contact
Award Criteria
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
Related tenders
Cornwall Council
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
85000000 *
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Reference: DN821963
Cornwall Council is commissioning a Parents as First Teachers (PAFT) service, an evidence-based, trauma-responsive home learning programme that supports families to improve children’s early development, strengthen parent-child attachment, and enhance the home learning environment. As part of Cornwall’s Early Help and Family Hubs offer, the service will provide targeted home-based support to families most at risk of poorer outcomes, with a focus on improving school readiness and reducing inequalities. Delivery will prioritise families in Camborne & Redruth and St Austell, Newquay & Clay Country, particularly those with children aged 3–4 years, emerging or confirmed SEND, limited access to funded childcare, or experiencing trauma and adversity. Support will be delivered through structured home visits using the accredited PAFT curriculum and in partnership with Family Hubs, Health Visiting, Speech and Language Therapy, Early Years Inclusion, and other Early Help services.
Full CPV breakdown
- 85000000 — Health and social work services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Active
- Submission method
- www.cornwall.gov.uk
- Enquiries close
- 29 Jul 2026
- Award decision expected
- 3 Sep 2026
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 10 Jul 2026 13:18
- Deadline
- 17 Aug 2026 17:00
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06c885
- Notice ID
- DN821963
Full notice record
57 detailsEverything the publisher included in this notice, organised by section.
Organisations
| Name | Cornwall Council |
| Address › Street | County Hall |
| Address › Town / city | Truro |
| Address › Postcode | TR1 3AY |
| Address › Country | GB |
| Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Address › Region (NUTS) | UKK30 |
| Contact › Name | John Hitchens |
| Contact › Email | john.hitchens@cornwall.gov.uk |
| Contact › Telephone | +44 1872322222 |
| Role | buyer |
| Link | http://www.cornwall.gov.uk |
| Classification › Description | Public authority - sub-central government |
Buyer
| Name | Cornwall Council |
Planning
| No Engagement Notice Rationale | Not needed |
Tender
| Title | Parents As First Teachers |
| Status | active |
| Item › CPV › Description | Health and social work services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £480,000 |
| Value › Value | £400,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Open procedure |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| How to submit | www.cornwall.gov.uk |
| Submission Terms › Electronic submission | allowed |
| Submission Terms › Languages | en |
| Bidding period › End | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Questions period › End | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Award decision period › End | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Lot › Status | active |
| Lot › Value › Value incl. VAT | £480,000 |
| Lot › Value › Value | £400,000 |
| Lot › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Lot › Award criteria › Weighting Description | Price - 15% Quality - 70% Social Value - 15% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | Price - 15% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | Quality - 70% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | cost |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Social Value |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | Social Value - 15% |
| Lot › Suitable for › SMEs | Yes |
| Lot › Contract period › Start | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Lot › Contract period › End | 31 Mar 2029 |
| Document › Document 1 › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Document 1 › Description | Not published |
| Document › Document 2 › Document type | Tender notice |
| Document › Document 2 › Description | Tender notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Document 2 › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065153-2026 |
| Document › Document 2 › Published | 10 Jul 2026 |