Coming up· published 8 Oct 2025
Breastfeeding Peer Support Service - Birmingham City Council - Soft Market Testing
Birmingham City Council · Birmingham, West Midlands
Birmingham City Council is planning Breastfeeding Peer Support Service - Birmingham City Council - Soft Market Testing. It is a contract for other health and social care in Birmingham.
Source: Contracts Finder, published 8 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Market Engagement Notice · 15:19
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
Birmingham City Council is planning Breastfeeding Peer Support Service - Birmingham City Council - Soft Market Testing. It is a contract for other health and social care in Birmingham. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Contracts Finder published it on 8 October 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-b5fd17-14f7eb94-622d-4b7a-aa46-a62ed6aef519.
Summary of the contracting process
Birmingham City Council is in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Breastfeeding Peer Support Service - Birmingham City Council - Soft Market Testing". This initiative falls under the health services industry, with an additional classification in community health services, and is located in the West Midlands, United Kingdom.
The purpose of the procurement is to gauge market interest and availability for a culturally sensitive breastfeeding peer support service, intended to be provided city-wide, seven days a week, offering antenatal and postnatal support. The planning stage includes a soft market testing phase with an engagement end date set for 15th October 2025, which coincides with a deadline for completion of an online questionnaire meant for potential service providers.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs), are likely to find this tender in alignment with their capabilities. Collaborating with maternity units, Family Hubs, and health professionals, the successful provider will engage in delivering vital support to new parents, enhancing their outreach and service provision.
The notice in full
Birmingham City Council Public Health are intending to commission a Breastfeeding Peer Support Service and we would like to understand the market availability and interest in providing this service. This service will provide culturally sensitive support for parents to initiate and continue breastfeeding and aims to promote maternal and infant health, emotional wellbeing and responsive feeding, while respecting informed choices not to breastfeed and ensuring safe formula feeding support.
Our intention is that the service will be available 7 days a week, city-wide and will be delivered by trained peer supporters, including local parents with breastfeeding experience. It will offer antenatal education and postnatal support delivered in community venues and parents homes, as well as a support helpline. The Provider will work in partnership with maternity units, Family Hubs and health professionals.
In 2024, there were 15,561 live births in Birmingham. NOTE: All information provided will be treated confidentially and securely. Information will not be shared outside of the commissioning teams.
For clarity, this is a Soft Market Testing exercise to gather information and is not an invitation to provide a quotation. If you are interested in this soft market testing please click on the link below to complete the questionnaire by 10am on 15th October 2025. forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Not stated in the notice: category.
Procedure
- Notice type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Contracts Finder
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: lots, awards, contracts.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-14f7eb94-622d-4b7a-aa46-a62ed6aef519
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services; 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B1 1BB
- Electoral ward
- Ladywood
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Delivery area
- West Midlands (England)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Birmingham
- Area
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Birmingham City Council
- Contact
- Commercial and Procurement Services
- Address
- Birmingham, B1 1BB · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: category, phone.
Documents and links
Questions about this tender
When will the Breastfeeding Peer Support Service - Birmingham City Council - Soft Market… tender open?
Birmingham City Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
Who is the buyer for Breastfeeding Peer Support Service - Birmingham City Council - Soft Market…?
Birmingham City Council, based in Birmingham, West Midlands. The named contact is Commercial and Procurement Services.
How do I bid for Breastfeeding Peer Support Service - Birmingham City Council - Soft Market…?
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