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title: "Contract for the Provision of Baby Loss Counselling Service"
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# Contract for the Provision of Baby Loss Counselling Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-the-provision-of-baby-loss-counselling-service-ocds-h6vhtk-052861). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hertfordshire County Council: "Contract for the Provision of Baby Loss Counselling 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:** [Hertfordshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hertfordshire-county-council-ons-e10000015)
- **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):** Community health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £340,400 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-052861`

## 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/contract-for-the-provision-of-baby-loss-counselling-service-ocds-h6vhtk-052861#tl-md)

## Description
The service is a counselling service to support parents after the loss of an unborn baby or very young baby, either through illness or early termination. The service provides counselling from trained staff via a range of methods. The service records the wellbeing of the people who use the service before and after their counselling to demonstrate that the service is helping them. Most bereaved parents or couples have 4 or 5 sessions, but this can be extended if needed.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The service is a counselling service to support parents after the loss of an unborn baby or very young baby, either through illness or early termination. The service provides counselling from trained staff via a range of methods. The service records ...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 028268-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Pregnancy Expectations Trauma and Loss Society (PETALS)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-07717126`
  - Value: £340,400 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 028268-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £340,400
  - Signed Date: 26/05/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041617-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-21T11:34:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:20:48.714Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-052861