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Awarded· 6 Jan 2025

Breast Feeding Peer Support Service

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust · Knowsley, North West

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Breast Feeding Peer Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley.

Source: Find a Tender, published 12 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Feelgood Factory

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 12:25

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  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 14:58

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About this tender

In brief

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Breast Feeding Peer Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley. The contract went to Feelgood Factory. It was awarded on 6 January 2025. The contract value is £120,000.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 12 March 2025. The notice number is 009030-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04de9c.

Summary of the contracting process

MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST has awarded a contract for the provision of a Breast Feeding Peer Support Service in the borough of Sefton to Feelgood Factory. The contract falls within the health and social work services industry category and has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 using a direct award process.

The contract term begins on 1 April 2025 and will run until 31 March 2028, with a total value of £120,000. The contract with Feelgood Factory is designed to continue an existing service which has met performance expectations, ensuring continuity and stability in service delivery.

The notice in full

The provision of a Peer Support Breast Feeding Support service in the borough of Sefton.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    MCFT intends to contract with Feelgood Factory, Glovers lane, Netherton, L30 5QW for the provision of a Peer Support Breast Feeding Support service in the borough of Sefton. MCFT is currently in contract with Feelgood Factory. For the new contract MCFT requires the service to be mobilised from 01 April 2025 for a period of 3 years.

    It is intended to award the contract in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime Regulations under Direct Award Process C where there is an existing provider for the services and that existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the services are not changing considerably.

    The Senior Leadership Team of Community Care Division have made the decision for the award of this contract. No conflicts of interest have been identified and this has been recorded inline with Trust policy.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Feelgood Factory
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Tender Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Tender, Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
SME

Values

Contracts value
£120,000

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
009030-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04de9c
CPV code
85000000 - Health and social work services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is based in Knowsley. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Knowsley
Town
Liverpool
Postcode
L34 1PJ
Electoral ward
St Michaels
Constituency
Knowsley
Delivery area
Merseyside
Region
North West
Sub-region
East Merseyside
Area
Merseyside
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Category
Services
Contact
Marie Beaumont
Phone
+44 1514710000
Address
Prescot, L34 1PJ · North West · England
Call +44 1514710000

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Feelgood Factory
Awardee scale
SME
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about Breast Feeding Peer Support Service

Who won the Breast Feeding Peer Support Service contract?

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Feelgood Factory on 6 January 2025.

How much is the Breast Feeding Peer Support Service contract worth?

The contract value is £120,000.

Who is the buyer for Breast Feeding Peer Support Service?

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, based in Knowsley, North West. The named contact is Marie Beaumont, on +44 1514710000.

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