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# Breastfeeding Peer Support Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/breastfeeding-peer-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-050743). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** 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.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Portsmouth City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/portsmouth-city-council-ons-e06000044)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £76,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050743`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/breastfeeding-peer-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-050743#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** 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. Thi...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 016893-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The Breastfeeding Network**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-SC330639`
  - Value: £76,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 016893-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £76,000
  - Signed Date: 27/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016893-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-24T17:22:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:55:18.210Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050743