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# Parent-Infant Relationship: Pregnancy Bonding and Attachment Training

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/parent-infant-relationship-pregnancy-bonding-and-attachment-training-ocds-h6vhtk-05cc64). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** North Northamptonshire Council: "Parent-Infant Relationship: Pregnancy Bonding and Attachment Training". Published status: complete. Published Value: £38,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [North Northamptonshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-northamptonshire-council-ons-e06000061)
- **Published Value:** £38,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 October 2025 at 23:59 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF, UKF25
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £29,750 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/parent-infant-relationship-pregnancy-bonding-and-attachment-training-ocds-h6vhtk-05cc64#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05cc64`

## Before you bid
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- **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/parent-infant-relationship-pregnancy-bonding-and-attachment-training-ocds-h6vhtk-05cc64#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** Request for Quotation. Completed submissions to be returned to Sorayah.Mbuthia@northnorthants.gov.uk by no later than the Deadline for Submission of Bids, Friday, 31 October 2025.

## Description
North Northamptonshire Council commissions a one-year training programme in pregnancy bonding and attachment, with a focus on strengthening relationships between parents and infants from the earliest stages of pregnancy through to the end of the first 1,001 critical days. Empowering expectant parents to form strong, positive bonds with their unborn babies and to nurture these relationships as their child grows.
This programme will form a central part of the North Northamptonshire Family Hubs model, which has mobilised four Family Hub Networks across each locality (Corby, East Northants, Kettering and Wellingborough) to provide integrated, accessible, and family-centred support.
To strengthen this offer, the training is designed for the Early Help workforce, operating within the Family Hub Network, which includes Best Start in Life (BSIL) practitioners, Service Managers, Early Years Practitioners, and Family Hub Connectors. By embedding this training in Family Hubs, services will be equipped with the skills, confidence, and consistency needed to support parents in building strong bonds with their babies from pregnancy and beyond.
The Training Programme aims to:
• Strengthen the capacity of the Family Hub workforce to promote and support bonding and secure parent-infant relationships from pregnancy onwards.
• Equip practitioners with evidence-based knowledge and skills to recognise, prevent, and respond to perinatal mental health and bonding difficulties.
• Build a shared language and approach across the workforce to improve consistency of practice and ensure families receive joined-up support.
• Promote inclusive practice that recognises and values the roles of fathers, partners, and diverse family structures in early bonding and attachment.
• Contribute to the delivery of the North Northamptonshire Perinatal Mental Health and Parent-Infant Relationships Strategy (2024) by addressing the identified gap in workforce development.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £38,000

- **Contract Period:** 19/11/2025 to 30/10/2026

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

  - Supplier(s): **Foxstones Training and Learning Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-178500`
  - Value: £29,750 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £29,750
  - Signed Date: 01/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F065229-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-25T17:32:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T15:17:47.107Z
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