AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Coventry City Council ran an open procedure for Healthy Babies Best Start Family Hub services covering infant feeding and perinatal mental health workstreams. The notice records Lot 1 as discontinued and records University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire as the supplier for Lot 2; the associated contract record has a signed date of 14 October 2026.
Published outcomeLot 2 was awarded to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire. Lot 1 was discontinued without a named supplier.
Market significanceThis is a public-health services procurement in Coventry, funded through national Best Start for Life and Healthy Babies funding. The published maximum procurement value is £465,000, but no allocation between lots or supplier-level contract value is supplied.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire
97% confidenceAward 097117-2026-2 · Lots 2 · Unknown; no supplier-level or lot-level award value published. GBP · Active award; associated contract has a recorded signed date of 14 October 2026.
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Award 097117-2026-2 names University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire for related Lot 2. Contract 097117-2026-2 links to that award and records dateSigned 2026-10-14.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Tender publication
99% confidence30 July 2026
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Release history records tender notice 072035-2026 dated 2026-07-30.
Submission deadline
99% confidence1 September 2026, 12:00 BST
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Process submission_deadline is 2026-09-01T12:00:00+01:00.
Award and contract notice publication
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Release history records award, contract notice 097117-2026 dated 2026-10-14.
Contract signature recorded
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Contract 097117-2026-2 is active and gives dateSigned as 2026-10-14.
Lot 1 outcome
98% confidenceDiscontinued
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Award 097117-2026-1 is unsuccessful with statusDetails 'discontinued'; tender lot 1 is marked cancelled.
Lot 2 award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 097117-2026-2 and contract 097117-2026-2 are marked active.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published maximum procurement value
90% confidence£465,000
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Process value_max is 465000 GBP.
Lot and supplier allocation
99% confidenceUnknown
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No award value, contract value or lot value is published for either award or lot.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice published
99% confidence30 July 2026
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Release history tender release 072035-2026.
Tender deadline
99% confidence1 September 2026, 12:00 BST
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Process submission_deadline.
Award/contract notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Release history award, contract release 097117-2026.
Contract signed
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Contract 097117-2026-2 dateSigned.
Contract start and end
99% confidenceUnknown
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Process contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no dates are supplied in the contract record.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service requirement
98% confidenceHealthy Babies Best Start Family Hub offer covering infant feeding and perinatal mental health core workstreams.
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Process description.
Intended outcomes
98% confidenceImprove parental mental health and wellbeing for parents and parents-to-be of children under two, and improve infant-feeding outcomes, particularly specialist support during pregnancy and the first 0–10 days after birth.
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Process description.
Category
99% confidenceMiscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000).
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Tender classification and supplied classification record.
Delivery area
97% confidenceUKG33.
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Items specify deliveryAddresses region UKG33.
Lot structure
98% confidenceTwo lots; titles and detailed requirements were not supplied in the notice data.
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Tender contains lots 1 and 2, each directing readers to tender documents; lot titles are null.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Process procurement_method is open and procurement_method_details is Open procedure.
Evaluation criterion published in notice data
94% confidencePrice
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Each tender lot contains awardCriteria with one criterion of type price.
Competition and bid counts
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
Reasons for award or discontinuance
99% confidenceUnknown
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No evaluation results or rationale are supplied. Lot 1 is labelled discontinued only.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
99% confidenceActive contract record for Lot 2
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Contract 097117-2026-2 has status active and is linked to active award 097117-2026-2.
Signature status
99% confidenceSigned date recorded: 14 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned is 2026-10-14.
Start, end and duration
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract start date, end date or duration is supplied.
Options and extensions
96% confidenceNo options indicated for either tender lot; extension terms are unknown.
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Both lots state hasOptions false. No extension terms are supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Market opportunity structure
98% confidenceThe procurement was divided into two lots, but only Lot 2 has an active award; Lot 1 was discontinued.
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Awards and tender lots identify Lots 1 and 2; award 1 is discontinued and award 2 is active.
Value interpretation
98% confidenceThe £465,000 figure should be treated as a procurement-level maximum, not as the value of Lot 2 or the named supplier's contract.
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Process value_max is £465,000 while award, lot and contract values are absent.
Service focus
97% confidenceThe stated commissioning focus is early-years family support through infant feeding and perinatal mental health workstreams.
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Process description.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting lot lifecycle information
99% confidenceBoth tender lots are marked cancelled, while the award and contract records show Lot 2 as active and signed. This analysis reports both source states without resolving the inconsistency.
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Tender lots 1 and 2 have status cancelled; award 097117-2026-2 and contract 097117-2026-2 have status active, and the contract has dateSigned.
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceThe supplier name is unverified as a Companies House legal-entity match. The completed matching workflow found no safe match, and no verified company name or number was supplied.
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supplier_identity_status is checked_unmatched; verifiedCompanyName and verifiedCompanyNumber are null.
Incomplete commercial data
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: award value, contract value, lot values, individual lot scope, start/end dates, duration, bid counts, evaluation results and award rationale.
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Relevant fields are null or absent in the supplied process, awards, lots and contract data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Tender lots 1 and 2 are marked cancelled, but the award and contract records for Lot 2 are active and the contract records a signed date. The supplied data does not explain this lifecycle inconsistency.
- University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire is a source-supplied name with checked_unmatched identity status: the Companies House matching workflow completed without finding a safe legal-entity match.
- No supplier-level, lot-level, award-level or contract-level value is published; the £465,000 figure is only a process-level maximum.
- Lot titles, detailed lot requirements, contract start/end dates, duration, bids received, scoring, evaluation rationale, pricing and extension terms are not supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Coventry City CouncilHealthy Babies Best StartFamily Hubinfant feedingperinatal mental healthUniversity Hospital Coventry and Warwickshirepublic health procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was awarded the Coventry Healthy Babies Best Start Family Hub contract?
The notice names University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire for Lot 2. Its legal-entity match remains unverified because the supplied Companies House matching workflow found no safe match.
Was the contract signed?
The Lot 2 contract record gives a signed date of 14 October 2026. Contract start and end dates are not published in the supplied data.
What happened to Lot 1?
Lot 1 is recorded as unsuccessful and discontinued. The tender lot itself is marked cancelled.
What is the contract value?
The published procurement-level maximum is £465,000, but no value is allocated to either lot or supplier in the supplied notice data.
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