Coming up· published 15 Apr 2025
Infant Feeding Peer Support Service
Kent County Council · Maidstone, South East
Kent County Council is planning Infant Feeding Peer Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Maidstone.
Source: Find a Tender, published 15 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 14:32
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About this tender
In brief
Kent County Council is planning Infant Feeding Peer Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Maidstone. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Find a Tender published it on 15 April 2025. The notice number is 015316-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050369.
Summary of the contracting process
Kent County Council is in the planning stage of procuring an Infant Feeding Peer Support Service, under the Community Health Services category. This procurement aims to support prospective and expectant parents and carers with infant feeding through local session. The procurement process falls under the Health Care Service (PSR) Regulations 2023.
The competitive tender is expected to open in June 2025, with a deadline for feedback on the draft service specification on 1st May 2025. The service will be implemented in the region of UKJ4, Kent. Interested providers are encouraged to review the draft service specification and provide their feedback by the specified deadline.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with local knowledge and the capability to deliver accessible support sessions are well-suited to compete.
The notice in full
PIN - Infant Feeding Peer Support Service This is a notice to the market for an opportunity to review the draft service specification for a new place-based Infant Feeding Peer Support Service. It is Kent County Council's intention to open the competitive tender for the Infant Feeding Peer Support Service in June 2025. This procurement would fall under the Health Care Service (PSR) Regulations 2023 .
Please note this notice is not a call for competition; therefore, you are not expected to submit any tender documents at this stage. Further information relating to this procurement will be published on Contracts Finder and the Kent Business Portal at a future date. Interested providers are advised to create a supplier profile on the Kent Business Portal to receive notifications.
Regulations relating to the procurement of public services and goods changed on 24 February 2025. All suppliers / providers must now register on the Central Digital Platform, making sure their information is up to date, before submitting bids for new procurements.
Find out more here: gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short... The proposed place-based Infant Feeding Peer Support Service will be designed to support prospective and expectant parents and carers, and parent and carers with infant feeding through local accessible sessions. The service will align with the Health and Care Partnerships (and maternity services) to enable mothers to access infant feeding social support and peer support in a group setting through the Family Hubs programme.
We welcome you to review the draft service specification and provide feedback about the proposal. The deadline to provide feedback is 1st May 2025.
More information on these proposals is available here: Health Reform and Public Health Cabinet Committee papers eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com Please email feedback to: infantfeeding@kent.gov.uk Documents included: Infant Feeding Peer Support Service Specification (to access please visit the Kent Business Portal kentbusinessportal.org.uk and search Infant Feeding Peer Support Service and express an interest to view the document.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
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
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 015316-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050369
- CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Maidstone
- Town
- Rochester
- Postcode
- ME14 1XQ
- Electoral ward
- Penenden Heath
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Delivery area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Mid Kent
- Area
- Kent
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Kent County Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Mrs Alison Newman
- Address
- Maidstone, ME14 1XQ · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
- Eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.comeur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
- Gov.ukgov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-gui…
- Latest noticefind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015316-2025
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-050369 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Infant Feeding Peer Support Service
When will the Infant Feeding Peer Support Service tender open?
Kent County 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 Infant Feeding Peer Support Service?
Kent County Council, based in Maidstone, South East. The named contact is Mrs Alison Newman.
How do I bid for Infant Feeding Peer Support Service?
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- Read the early notice in full.
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- Watch for the tender notice.
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