Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Infant Feeding
Authority: BLACKPOOL COUNCIL (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contracting Authority is looking to appoint a provider that will, as part of the Best Start Partnership, support ongoing development of work to improve support for feeding choices, promoting key messages and supporting families to access the wider Healthy Babies and Family Hub programme to contribute to the wider outcomes for babies, children and their families. A full scope of the Contracting Authority's requirements can be found in Appendix A - Infant Feeding Specification.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jul 2029, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Community health services · Parenteral feeding solutions
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£510,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 5 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 0.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Jul 2029
- First published
- 15 Jul 2026, 10:21 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2026, 10:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
DN822193- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066606- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cba1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
15 Jul 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published98 days ago15 Jul 2026, 10:21 BST
- Clarification questions by76 days ago6 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline69 days ago13 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by29 days ago21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent21 days ago30 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published8 days ago13 Oct 2026, 10:19 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 11 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jul 2026- Tender notice published15 Jul 2026, 10:21 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published13 Oct 2026, 10:19 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Oct 2026, 10:19 BST
- Contract signature expected16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENRYVCSE1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2028 · up to 31 Oct 2029Extensions: option to extend for 12 months | £510,000 | 30 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 5 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HENRYAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender