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# Breastfeeding Support Service for Southampton

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/breastfeeding-support-service-for-southampton-ocds-h6vhtk-04e8af). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Southampton City Council: "Breastfeeding Support Service for Southampton". 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:** [Southampton City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southampton-city-council-ons-e06000045)
- **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):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £53,972 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e8af`

## 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-support-service-for-southampton-ocds-h6vhtk-04e8af#tl-md)

## Description
Southampton City Council would like to award a contract for a Breastfeeding Support Service to support families in Southampton in the maximisation of breastfeeding. The service sought will work closely with:
• Maternity services to maximise breastfeeding initiation and to support mothers in the first few days of breastfeeding.
• Sure Start/Family Hubs.
• Integrated 0 - 19 services in Southampton to ensure that there is effective ongoing support that helps women continue and maintain breastfeeding.
• Other local community services in the Southampton area to ensure parents/families have enough information to support their breastfeeding journey and normalise breastfeeding in the City.
The Service Provider will provide a Breastfeeding Support Service in Southampton. The Service Provider will develop an innovative pattern of, and approach to, service delivery in order to achieve and support increased rates of breastfeeding 10-14 days, and at 6 - 8 weeks. Services will include a menu of provision, which must encompass a peer support service, support to breastfeeding groups and the coordination of scheme to welcome breastfeeding mothers and their babies.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** This notice is to confirm an award of a contract under the most suitable provider process (NHS Provider Selection Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Provision 9), following completion of the standstill period. The life...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 007543-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **THE BREASTFEEDING NETWORK**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-SC330639`
  - Value: £53,972 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 007543-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £53,972
  - Signed Date: 12/02/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008787-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-11T15:26:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:48:05.591Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e8af