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Infant Feeding Peer Support Service

Community health services
South East (UKJ4)
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Tenderline Synopsis: Kent County Council: "Infant Feeding Peer Support Service". Published status: planned. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityKent County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Competition Density
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Coverage: 94 active published awards; 80 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityKent County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published15 Apr 2025, 15:32 BST
Last source update15 Apr 2025, 15:32 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCommunity health services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-050369
What is being bought
PIN – Infant Feeding Peer Support Service This is a notice to the market for an opportunity to review the draft service specification for a new place-based Infant Feeding Peer Support Service. It is Kent County Council’s intention to open the competitive tender for the Infant Feeding Peer Support Service in June 2025. This procurement would fall under the Health Care Service (PSR) Regulations 2023 . Please note this notice is not a call for competition; therefore, you are not expected to submit any tender documents at this stage. Further information relating to this procurement will be published on Contracts Finder and the Kent Business Portal at a future date. Interested providers are advised to create a supplier profile on the Kent Business Portal to receive notifications. Regulations relating to the procurement of public services and goods changed on 24 February 2025. All suppliers / providers must now register on the Central Digital Platform, making sure their information is up to date, before submitting bids for new procurements. Find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/suppliers-how-to-register-your-organisation-and-first-administrator-on-find-a-tender-in-three-easy-steps-html The proposed place-based Infant Feeding Peer Support Service will be designed to support prospective and expectant parents and carers, and parent and carers with infant feeding through local accessible sessions. The service will align with the Health and Care Partnerships (and maternity services) to enable mothers to access infant feeding social support and peer support in a group setting through the Family Hubs programme. We welcome you to review the draft service specification and provide feedback about the proposal. The deadline to provide feedback is 1st May 2025. More information on these proposals is available here: Health Reform and Public Health Cabinet Committee papers https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdemocracy.kent.gov.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fs128438%2F25%252000001%2520Decision%2520Report.pdf&data=05%7C02%7CGilda.Arabnia%40kent.gov.uk%7C58e5ddf77ac141b4981708dd78d4984c%7C3253a20dc7354bfea8b73e6ab37f5f90%7C0%7C0%7C638799576660445200%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=viHMkSHahtVZkv4NqCInrhHyqob%2Fx9jZw4kDex1suEU%3D&reserved=0 Please email feedback to: infantfeeding@kent.gov.uk Documents included: Infant Feeding Peer Support Service Specification (to access please visit the Kent Business Portal https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/ and search Infant Feeding Peer Support Service and express an interest to view the document.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to planned
    15 Apr 2025, 15:32 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    15 Apr 2025, 15:32 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    15 Apr 2025, 15:32 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    PIN – Infant Feeding Peer Support Service This is a notice to the market for an opportunity to review the draft service specification for a new place-based Infant Feeding Peer Support Service. It is Kent County Council’s intention to open the competitive tender for the Infant Feeding Peer Support Service in June 2025. This procurement would fall under the Health Care Service (PSR) Regulations 2023 . Please note this notice is not a call for competition; therefore, you are not expected to submit any tender documents at this stage. Further information relating to this procurement will be published on Contracts Finder and the Kent Business Portal at a future date. Interested providers are advised to create a supplier profile on the Kent Business Portal to receive notifications. Regulations relating to the procurement of public services and goods changed on 24 February 2025. All suppliers / providers must now register on the Central Digital Platform, making sure their information is up to date, before submitting bids for new procurements. Find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/suppliers-how-to-register-your-organisation-and-first-administrator-on-find-a-tender-in-three-easy-steps-html The proposed place-based Infant Feeding Peer Support Service will be designed to support prospective and expectant parents and carers, and parent and carers with infant feeding through local accessible sessions. The service will align with the Health and Care Partnerships (and maternity services) to enable mothers to access infant feeding social support and peer support in a group setting through the Family Hubs programme. We welcome you to review the draft service specification and provide feedback about the proposal. The deadline to provide feedback is 1st May 2025. More information on these proposals is available here: Health Reform and Public Health Cabinet Committee papers https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdemocracy.kent.gov.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fs128438%2F25%252000001%2520Decision%2520Report.pdf&data=05%7C02%7CGilda.Arabnia%40kent.gov.uk%7C58e5ddf77ac141b4981708dd78d4984c%7C3253a20dc7354bfea8b73e6ab37f5f90%7C0%7C0%7C638799576660445200%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=viHMkSHahtVZkv4NqCInrhHyqob%2Fx9jZw4kDex1suEU%3D&reserved=0 Please email feedback to: infantfeeding@kent.gov.uk Documents included: Infant Feeding Peer Support Service Specification (to access please visit the Kent Business Portal https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/ and search Infant Feeding Peer Support Service and express an interest to view the document.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    15 Apr 2025, 15:32 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
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Kent County Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1163
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