Tender

Infant Feeding and Emotional Wellbeing Support Service

  • Peterborough City Council

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (prior information notice with call for competition)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-017249

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03d735

Published 16 June 2023, 4:44pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Peterborough City Council

Sand Martin House, Bittern Way

Peterborough

PE2 8TY

Contact

Mrs Jan Thistleton

Email

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