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Southampton City Council

Breastfeeding Support Service for Southampton

HealthcareCPV 85000000
Value£54k
Awarded12 Feb 2025
Published13 Feb 2025
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£54ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits below the typical range for Health & Social Care contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Southampton City Council would like to commission a Breastfeeding Support Service to support families in Southampton in the maximisation of breastfeeding.

The service sought will work closely with: • Maternity services to maximise breastfeeding initiation and to support mothers in the first few days of breastfeeding. • Sure Start/Family Hubs. • Integrated 0 - 19 services in Southampton to ensure that there is effective ongoing support that helps women continue and maintain breastfeeding. • Other local community services in the Southampton area to ensure parents/families have enough information to support their breastfeeding journey and normalise breastfeeding in the City.

The Service Provider will provide a Breastfeeding Support Service in Southampton.

The Service Provider will develop an innovative pattern of, and approach to, service delivery in order to achieve and support increased rates of breastfeeding 10-14 days, and at 6 - 8 weeks.

Services will include a menu of provision, which must encompass a peer support service, support to breastfeeding groups and the coordination of scheme to welcome breastfeeding mothers and their babies.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Southampton City Council would like to commission

Southampton City Council would like to commission a Breastfeeding Support Service to.

02

Support families in Southampton in the maximisation

support families in Southampton in the maximisation of breastfeeding.

03

Maternity services to maximise breastfeeding initiation

Maternity services to maximise breastfeeding initiation and to support mothers in the first few days of breastfeeding.

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19 services in Southampton to ensure

19 services in Southampton to ensure that there is effective ongoing support that helps women continue and maintain breastfeeding.

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Other local community services in the Southampton

Other local community services in the Southampton area to ensure parents/families have enough information to support their breastfeeding journey and normalise breastfeeding in the City.

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Stage
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