Notice Information
Notice Title
Perinatal Mental Health Services
Notice Description
This tender includes 2 lots. Lot 1 - Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Service Lot 2 - Perinatal Mental Health - Dads and Male Caregivers Peer Support Lot 1 - Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Service Sheffield City Council, as part of the national Best Start in Life and Healthy Babies Programme (formerly Start for Life), is recommissioning a perinatal mental health peer support service to provide early, accessible, and relationship based support for parents experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties [1]. This includes anxiety, low mood, stress, and supporting healthy parent-infant relationships. The need for strengthened peer based emotional wellbeing support has been consistently highlighted by parents and carers, including through the Sheffield Early Years consultation (2023) and subsequent engagement activity undertaken more recently. This has been running for 3 years and the aim is to build on, develop, improve and evolve what has already been implemented. Lot 2 - Perinatal Mental Health - Dads and Male Caregivers Peer Support Sheffield City Council, as part of the national Best Start in Life and Healthy Babies Programme (formerly Start for Life), is recommissioning a Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH) Peer Support Programme for Dads and Male Caregivers. This recommissioning builds on three years of delivery and responds directly to needs identified through the 2023 Early Years Start for Life Consultation, where fathers and partners highlighted gaps in support during the perinatal period. The aim of this programme is to help all new and expectant dads and male caregivers make the transition to parenthood as smooth as possible, with a strong emphasis on: * sensitive and attuned caregiving * positive early parent-infant relationships * good mental wellbeing for babies and their families
Lot Information
Lot 1 - Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Service
Sheffield City Council, as part of the national Best Start in Life and Healthy Babies Programme (formerly Start for Life), is recommissioning a perinatal mental health peer support service to provide early, accessible, and relationship based support for parents experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties [1]. This includes anxiety, low mood, stress, and supporting healthy parent-infant relationships. The need for strengthened peer based emotional wellbeing support has been consistently highlighted by parents and carers, including through the Sheffield Early Years consultation (2023) and subsequent engagement activity undertaken more recently. This has been running for 3 years and the aim is to build on, develop, improve and evolve what has already been implemented.
Renewal: 12 month extension period.
Lot 2 - Perinatal Mental Health - Dads and Male Caregivers Peer SupportLot 2 - Perinatal Mental Health - Dads and Male Caregivers Peer Support Sheffield City Council, as part of the national Best Start in Life and Healthy Babies Programme (formerly Start for Life), is recommissioning a Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH) Peer Support Programme for Dads and Male Caregivers. This recommissioning builds on three years of delivery and responds directly to needs identified through the 2023 Early Years Start for Life Consultation, where fathers and partners highlighted gaps in support during the perinatal period. The aim of this programme is to help all new and expectant dads and male caregivers make the transition to parenthood as smooth as possible, with a strong emphasis on: * sensitive and attuned caregiving * positive early parent-infant relationships * good mental wellbeing for babies and their families
Renewal: 12 month extension
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069912
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044517-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,192,975 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,192,975 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 May 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Jun 20262 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S1 2HH
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- TLE32 Sheffield
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- City
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044517-2026
14th May 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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