Official UK procurement notice
Solihull Group Delivery · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLeicester City Council wishes to commission The Solihull Postnatal Group programme. This is a structured, evidence-based programme designed to support parents and carers in the early stages of their baby’s life. Delivered in group settings, the sessions focus on strengthening parent-infant relationships, promoting emotional wellbeing, and building parenting confidence through the Understanding Your Baby manual. This service aims to improve parent-infant attachment, support emotional health in the postnatal period, reduce social isolation, and enable early identification of additional needs in parents, carers, and babies. This is a one year contract with a possible extension of one year subject to DfE funding. The anticipated commencement date of this contract is 03/12/2025 to 02/12/2026
CPV: Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£120,000
- Condition of participation
Conditions of participation can be found in the published suite of documents.
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 (2)
- Quality: The quality weighting of this procurement is weighted 70%.
- Price: The price weighting of this procurement is weighted 30%
- Condition of participation
Conditions of participation can be found in the published suite of documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Sept 2025, 13:30 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Nov 2025, 10:57 GMT
- Authority reference
SCE0033- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054287- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0594f3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Further details in respect of this tender opportunity is contained within the Invitation to Tender documentation.
Please use the following link to access the advert:
Timeline
5 Sept 2025 → 22 Nov 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published5 Sept 2025, 13:30 BST
- Clarification questions by391 days ago26 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline384 days ago3 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published336 days ago20 Nov 2025, 10:57 GMT
- Contract starts335 days ago22 Nov 2025
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Sept 2025- Tender notice published5 Sept 2025, 13:30 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published20 Nov 2025, 10:57 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete20 Nov 2025, 10:57 GMT
- Contract signature expected2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heads Up LeicesterVCSE3 Dec 2025 – 2 Dec 2026 · up to 2 Dec 2027Extensions: This is a one year contract with a possible extension of one year subject to DfE funding. | £119,739 | 18 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 3 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Heads Up Leicester LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Further details in respect of this tender opportunity is contained within the Invitation to Tender documentation. Please use the following link to access the advert: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=cea6bc23-4a8a-f011-813a-005056b64545
- Technical specifications Further details in respect of this tender opportunity is contained within the Invitation to Tender documentation Please use the following link to access the advert: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=cea6bc23-4a8a-f011-813a-005056b64545
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender