Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Peterborough City Council
Sand Martin House, Bittern Way
Peterborough
PE2 8TY
Contact
Mrs Jan Thistleton
Jan.Thistleton@peterborough.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1733864553
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH11 - Peterborough
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/business/supplying-the-council/supply-opportunities
Buyer's address
https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/business/supplying-the-council/supply-opportunities
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=5bed9b63-560c-ee11-8123-005056b64545
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Infant Feeding and Emotional Wellbeing Support Service
Reference number
DN668592
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Infant Feeding and Emotional Wellbeing Support Service across Peterborough and The Cambridgeshire Districts of Huntingdonshire and Fenland.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH11 - Peterborough
Main site or place of performance
Peterborough and the Cambridgeshire Districts of Fenland and Huntingdonshire.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of Infant Feeding and Emotional Wellbeing Support Service
Infant Feeding:
• Improving access to information, advice and support, including antenatally on the importance of early
relationships and the benefits of breastfeeding for the health and wellbeing of the baby and mother.
• Ensuring access to one-to-one practical help on maternity wards and in the community, from healthcare
professionals and/or trained peer supporters, to support breastfeeding initiation, responsive feeding and
relationship building during the immediate postnatal period. Provision of an infant feeding peer support service
• Upskilling the workforce (community, voluntary, and health) to ensure a wide range of professionals/practitioners
have the knowledge, skills and education to promote breastfeeding
• Ensuring that drop-in infant feeding support sessions/groups are available in the community
• Provision of equipment to loan for parents who need it (e.g. breast pumps), and staff sensitively support parents to use it.
Perinatal and Infant Mental Health:
• Maintain, develop or extend existing mild to moderate perinatal mental health provisions to reach more families.
• Improved access to training that enables practitioners to have sensitive, inclusive conversations with parents
and carers about wellbeing and challenges they might be experiencing, as early as possible
• Improved universal parent–infant relationship services
• Improved support available in a range of different settings
• Improved awareness of the importance of parent–infant relationships for the workforce
• Improved perinatal mental health support for fathers and co-parents
• Developed and/or improved care and referral pathways to ensure support is provided when needed for babies and their families
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £499,500
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
End date
30 April 2025
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date
17 July 2023
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.5) Scheduled date for start of award procedures
14 August 2023