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Breastfeeding Peer Support Service

Miscellaneous health services
South East (UKJ31)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Portsmouth City Council: "Breastfeeding Peer Support Service". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityPortsmouth City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Portsmouth City Council
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Published history for Portsmouth City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2Bids / Report
66.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 4 active published awards; 3 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityPortsmouth City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Apr 2025, 18:22 BST
Last source update24 Apr 2025, 18:22 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMiscellaneous health services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ31)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-050743
What is being bought
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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Apr 2025, 18:22 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    24 Apr 2025, 18:22 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    24 Apr 2025, 18:22 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Apr 2025, 18:22 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 27 Mar 2025, 00:00 GMT · £76,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
The Breastfeeding Network
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£76,000 · signed 27 Mar 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Portsmouth City Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-140858
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  • Portsmouth City Council
    buyer

    Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, UKJ31, PO12AL
    cscplacementteam@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

  • Independent Patient Choice & Procurement Panel
    reviewBody

    London

  • The Breastfeeding Network
    supplier

    GB-SC: SC330639
    Edinburgh, UKM
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Provider Selection Regime recognises that there are limited occasions where relevant authorities may need to act urgently and award or modify contracts to address immediate risks to patient or public safety. These circumstances include where: • urgent quality/safety concerns pose risks to patients or the public and necessitate rapid changes In the view of the Council the contract award was urgent due to the above circumstance. It is acknowledged that the discontinuation of such services will pose risks from a quality viewpoint, as BfN provide crucial peer and online support for the benefit of service users' mental health, social health, and relationships with their babies/toddlers/young children