Awarded· 27 Mar 2025
Breastfeeding Peer Support Service
Portsmouth City Council · Portsmouth, South East
Portsmouth City Council has awarded Breastfeeding Peer Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Portsmouth.
Source: Find a Tender, published 24 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
The Breastfeeding Network
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 17:22
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About this tender
In brief
Portsmouth City Council has awarded Breastfeeding Peer Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Portsmouth. The contract went to The Breastfeeding Network. It was awarded on 27 March 2025. The contract value is £76,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 24 April 2025. The notice number is 016893-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050743.
Summary of the contracting process
This procurement process involves Portsmouth City Council for the provision of a Breastfeeding Peer Support Service, classified under miscellaneous health services. The service is intended to operate within the Portsmouth region, falling under the category of community-based health services. The procurement stage is the Award phase, as the contract has been awarded under urgency by the Integrated Children's Commissioning Team.
The contract is running for a five-month term with a possibility of extension due to Government funding for this programme. Significant dates include the contract signing on 27th March 2025, with an anticipated procurement transition managed by the Public Health Directorate scheduled for 1st September 2025.
The Breastfeeding Network, as the awarded supplier, underscores the relevance for SMEs in the health services industry, particularly those with expertise in peer support and health education. This contract promotes community engagement through drop-in groups and online support, presenting a venture for enterprises that can sustain service quality and adapt to urgent health service demands.
The notice in full
The Breastfeeding Network Service provide a community-based service, adopting multi-faceted approaches in order to improve breastfeeding initiation and prevalence rates in Portsmouth, therefore supporting a reduction in health inequalities. The service contributes to promoting a social and cultural shift where breastfeeding is recognised as the conventional way to feed an infant.
Their team of peer supporters and volunteers are in place to support mothers and expectant mothers throughout their breastfeeding journey and support with the many different factors and techniques involved, inclusive of Combination feeding, expressing, exclusively breastfeeding, chest-feeding, newborn stage, toddler stage, ending the breastfeeding journey and debriefing feelings about a previous journey.
Type of services provide by BfN Community Groups - These are all drop-in groups, running throughout the week at various locations across the city. Online support - This involves 1:1 support via Zoom from a trained Breastfeeding Network peer support volunteer.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
This notice is confirmation of an award being made due to an urgent circumstance. Currently the Breastfeeding Network (BfN) is subcontracted under Home-Start Portsmouth through a consortium arrangement, with Home-Start being the consortium lead. This arrangement was put in place via an open tender in 2023 and aligned with Portsmouth plans in relation to the Government funded Family Hub and Best Start for Life offer.
The initial term of these Contracts was for 33 months, and are due to terminate 31st March 2025, however, the services were to be extended year on year dependent on the government's intention to continue to fund the Council for this programme.
The DfE have only recently confirmed that the Council will continue to be funded for this service for the 25/26 financial year, and there has been a severely limited timeframe to allocate funds to the appropriate service streams that all fall under this programme.
This consortium arrangement is unable to continue, therefore the decision has been taken to award a short term contract directly with the BfN to ensure minimum disruption to quality of service. The Public Health Directorate are due to take over and manage these services later in the year, with the aim of awarding their own contract via PSR process by 1st September 2025.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- The Breastfeeding Network
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £76,000
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
- 016893-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050743
- CPV code
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Town
- Portsmouth
- Postcode
- PO1 2AL
- Electoral ward
- Charles Dickens
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Delivery area
- Portsmouth
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Portsmouth
- Area
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Portsmouth City Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Portsmouth, PO1 2AL · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- The Breastfeeding Network
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Breastfeeding Peer Support Service
Who won the Breastfeeding Peer Support Service contract?
Portsmouth City Council awarded the contract to The Breastfeeding Network on 27 March 2025.
How much is the Breastfeeding Peer Support Service contract worth?
The contract value is £76,000.
Who is the buyer for Breastfeeding Peer Support Service?
Portsmouth City Council, based in Portsmouth, South East.
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