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Community Infant Feeding and Emotional Wellbeing Peer Support Service

Peterborough City Council · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 18:41.

Opportunity overview

Provision of a joint Infant Feeding and Emotional Wellbeing Peer Support Service across Peterborough City Council (PCC) and Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) to cover Peterborough and the Cambridgeshire districts of Fenland and Huntingdonshire.

Awarded to

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The National Childbirth Trust

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£430k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
27 Mar 2026
Award ID
047044-2026-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-CHC 801395
Location
London, UK, WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85323000 — Community health services

Lots

  • Description of Services to be provided: Family Hubs are being set up to support families from conception, through the child's early years, to later childhood, up to the age of 19 (or 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities). They will provide a single access point to family support services that is integrated across health (physical and mental health) and social care as well as voluntary and community organisations and education settings.  Family Hubs provide family support services early, when families need them. These include universal and targeted services. The overarching objective is to join up and enhance services delivered through transformed family hubs in local authority areas, ensuring all parents and carers can access the support they need when they need it. Through the programme, parents and carers should feel supported and empowered in caring for and nurturing their babies and children, ensuring they receive the best start in life. This in turn will improve health and education outcomes for babies and children and enable them to thrive in later life The Infant Feeding & Emotional Wellbeing Peer Support service offers new families crucial support during pregnancy and the postnatal period with breastfeeding and perinatal mental health support through the provision of community, virtual, and hospital-based peer support. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Intion to Award Notice under Direct Award Process C. This contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Approximate lifetime value of the contract: £430,000 The Contract will run from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2028.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN795866
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Cross Border Law
Peterborough City Council is procuring this contract on behalf of both Peterborough City Council and Cambridgeshire County Coucil, with Peterborough City Countil acting as the Lead Authority.
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 2nd June 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
85323000
Description
Community health services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Description of Services to be provided: Family Hubs are being set up to support families from conception, through the child's early years, to later childhood, up to the age of 19 (or 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities). They will provide a single access point to family support services that is integrated across health (physical and mental health) and social care as well as voluntary and community organisations and education settings.  Family Hubs provide family support services early, when families need them. These include universal and targeted services. The overarching objective is to join up and enhance services delivered through transformed family hubs in local authority areas, ensuring all parents and carers can access the support they need when they need it. Through the programme, parents and carers should feel supported and empowered in caring for and nurturing their babies and children, ensuring they receive the best start in life. This in turn will improve health and education outcomes for babies and children and enable them to thrive in later life The Infant Feeding & Emotional Wellbeing Peer Support service offers new families crucial support during pregnancy and the postnatal period with breastfeeding and perinatal mental health support through the provision of community, virtual, and hospital-based peer support. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Intion to Award Notice under Direct Award Process C. This contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Approximate lifetime value of the contract: £430,000 The Contract will run from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2028.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Name
The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
Type
cost
Description
100

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Peterborough City Council
Id
GB-FTS-154853

Identifier

Legal Name
Peterborough City Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Sand Martin House Peterborough, Bittern Way
Locality
Peterborough
Region
UKH11
Postal Code
PE28TY
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Helen Davies
Telephone
+44 1733452459

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
01
Description
General public services
Organisation 2
Name
Cambridgeshire County Council
Id
GB-FTS-182120

Identifier

Legal Name
Cambridgeshire County Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
New Shire Hall Emery Crescent Enterprise Campus, Weald
Locality
Huntingdon
Region
UK
Postal Code
PE28 4YE
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Organisation 3
Name
The National Childbirth Trust
Id
GB-CHC-801395

Identifier

Legal Name
The National Childbirth Trust
Id
801395
Scheme
GB-CHC

Address

Street Address
27 Old Gloucester Street
Locality
London
Region
UK
Postal Code
WC1N 3AX
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone
+44 2087522454

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 4
Name
Peterborough City Council
Id
GB-FTS-154853

Identifier

Legal Name
Peterborough City Council

Address

Street Address
Sand Martin House Peterborough, Bittern Way
Locality
Peterborough
Postal Code
PE28TY
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone
+44 733452459

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
047044-2026-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-CHC-801395
Name
The National Childbirth Trust

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
047044-2026-1
Award ID
047044-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
27 Mar 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
430,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Peterborough · UKH11 · PE28TY · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 047044-2026award, contract ·