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Lancashire County Council

LPS CARE - Infant Feeding Breastfeeding Peer Support Service - LCC19361

HealthcareCPV 85000000
Value£2.0m
Awarded9 Oct 2023
Published19 Feb 2024
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£2.0mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

"Lancashire County Council (LCC) wishes to procure a Infant Feeding Breast Feeding Peer Support Service.

This servce is funded by Public Health Service in Lancashire.

The Provider will be required to deliver Infant Feeding, breastfeeding peer support service which is evidence based for families in Lancashire.

The service will support mothers to help them achieve their breastfeeding goal, and support increase in Lancashire's breastfeeding prevalence rates at 6-8 weeks.

The Provider will work collaboratively with key partners who provide infant feeding support including, but not limited to Maternity Service, Lancashire's NHS Hospital Trusts, Health Visitors, Lancashire County Council Children and Family Wellbeing Service, and Family Hubs to ensure breastfeeding peer support provision is an embedded part of the offer for pregnant women, new mothers, and their families.

Contract term - Initial period of three years with a right to extend the contract for up to 24-months beyond the initial term by any number of defined periods as long as the total contract term does not exceed five years.

Tenderer Briefing - See (Invitation to Tender) ITT section 3.2 The Authority is offering a briefing for Tenderers as detailed in the Timetable within the ITT.

All Tenderers are recommended to attend.

Maximum value for Year 1: up to £405,073.00 Maximum value over 5 years: up to £2,025,365 We advise interested tenderers to register and familiarise themselves with the etendering system used, Oracle Fusion. https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/fusion-supplier-portal/ For system support and advice on bids and tenders, contact the LCC Procurement team - PIM@Lancashire.gov.uk 01772 534966 "

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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"Lancashire County Council (LCC) wishes to procure

"Lancashire County Council (LCC) wishes to procure a Infant Feeding Breast Feeding Peer Support Service.

02

The Provider will be required to deliver

The Provider will be required to deliver Infant Feeding, breastfeeding peer support service which is evidence based for families in Lancashire.

03

The service will support mothers to help

The service will support mothers to help them achieve their breastfeeding goal, and support increase in Lancashire's breastfeeding prevalence rates at 6-8 weeks.

04

For system support and advice on bids

For system support and advice on bids and tenders, contact the LCC Procurement team.

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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
PF/PH/23/1438
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