RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · tender

Islington Council

2526-0567 Breastfeeding Peer Support Service

HealthcareCPV 85323000
Value£1,400,000
Deadline21 Sept 2026
Published18 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide

£1,400,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 18 Aug 2026ClosedCloses 21 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Progressive Procurement
procurement@islington.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Suppliers must register via https://procontract.due-north.com Suppliers may access the opportunity via the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=e907dae5-089b-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True Once registered, an email confirming username and password will be issued by ProContract. Suppliers should use these details to log on to the London Tenders Portal and search for the opportunity using reference 2526-0567, Breastfeeding Peer Support Service, 85323000 – Community health services. Suppliers should express an interest in the opportunity and will then receive access to the procurement documents. All correspondence, including clarification questions, must be submitted via the messaging function on the London Tenders Portal.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.4mtotal 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.

When this comes round again

Islington Council's Health & Social Care cycle is past due — it ran about every 9 months across 8 notices, and the door is open now. It may re-tender at any time.


You'll hear when Islington Council publishes Health & Social Care work again. One email per notice, unsubscribe in one click. We don’t use your address for anything else.

Match for your company
Sign up free to see how well this tender matches your company — the score, the signals that align, and where the gaps are.
The brief

The Breastfeeding Peer Support Service will be a community based service of breastfeeding support offering both in person and virtual support to families within the borough.

The primary aim of the proposed service will be to increase the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks after birth, and beyond.

The service will consist of local volunteer and paid peer supporters that will be expected to deliver one-to-one support, group sessions, maternity ward visits and phone line support.

The service will be expected to refer and signpost to local services and work within the early years system in Islington.

The proposed Breastfeeding Peer Support Service makes a substantial contribution to a number of ambitions and priorities in the Islington Together 2030 plan, including ‘Child Friendly Islington, Greener Healthier Islington , Empowering People and Community Wealth Building’.

The service will be expected to be delivered by one provider covering the whole borough.

The Authority may receive additional grant funding during the contract term which could support the delivery of additional services directly related to the contract subject matter.

Any such funding is not guaranteed.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Breastfeeding Peer Support Service will

The Breastfeeding Peer Support Service will be a community based service of breastfeeding support offering both in person and virtual support to families within the borough.

02

The service will consist of local volunteer

The service will consist of local volunteer and paid peer supporters that will be expected to deliver one-to-one support, group sessions, maternity ward visits and phone line support.

03

The service will be expected to refer

The service will be expected to refer and signpost to local services and work within the early years system in Islington.

04

The proposed Breastfeeding Peer Support Service makes

The proposed Breastfeeding Peer Support Service makes a substantial contribution to a number of ambitions and priorities in the Islington Together 2030 plan, including ‘Child Friendly Islington, Greener Healthier Islington , Empowering People and Community Wealth Building’.

05

The service will be expected to

The service will be expected to be delivered by one provider covering the whole borough.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at Islington Council, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Sign up free to unlock buyer intelligence

Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.

Deep dive · beta

The full intelligence dossier

Our agent reads Islington Council’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.

Sign up free to run a deep dive

Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.

Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069dc7
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
078710-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Health & Social Care

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.

Islington Council’s tender network

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.
Also open now

Similar open tenders

South London HIV Peer Support and Advice & Advocacy Services

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

Closes 18 Sept 2026Healthcare
£734,480Value

ANE Therapeutic Support Services

North Tyneside Borough Council

Closes 23 Oct 2026Healthcare
£5.9m framework ceilingValue