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Safer Sleep Equipment Scheme

Cornwall Council

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04 Aug 2026 at 16:08

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Cornwall Council commissioned a safer sleep equipment and family-support service through its Public Health function. The service provides bundles of essential safe-sleep equipment to families with infants under one year who are living in unstable or crisis situations and lack suitable equipment. It also includes safer-sleep advice for referred families and connections to local services, including the Start for Life offer, creating holistic support suited to each family’s needs. The work forms part of Cornwall’s wider safer-sleep provision. This is a health and social work service, delivered in Cornwall, and is relevant to organisations combining practical equipment supply with family support, health advice, referral coordination and links to local services.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded through a below-threshold limited competition under the light-touch regime. It was a single-lot process. Cornwall Council awarded the contract to Home-Start Kernow on 6 August 2025, with the contract running from 11 August 2025 to 10 August 2026. The contract value is £40,000 excluding VAT and £48,000 including VAT. The selected provider is an SME. Evaluation details are not published in the procurement information, but the requirement covers both equipment bundles and the associated advice, service connections, outputs and outcomes for families with infants at risk of sudden infant death syndrome. The contract is recorded as active.

This procurement indicates demand from Cornwall Council for a joined-up safer-sleep service rather than equipment supply alone. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need to provide or coordinate essential safe-sleep equipment, understand the needs of families in unstable or crisis situations, and deliver clear safer-sleep advice to families with infants under one. It would also need effective referral handling and established links with local services, particularly the Start for Life offer, so that practical provision is integrated with wider family support. Evidence of health or social care delivery, measurable outputs and outcomes, safeguarding-aware practice, and the capacity to manage a council-funded service would strengthen a supplier’s position. The awarded provider is a Cornwall-based SME, showing that smaller specialist organisations can compete for this scale of service.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Safer Sleep Equipment Scheme

Notice Description

Public Health is seeking a Provider to deliver a Safer Sleep Equipment Scheme in Cornwall. This scheme will provide bundles of essential safe sleeping equipment to families with infants under one year old who are living in unstable or crisis situations and do not have access to safer sleeping equipment. Providers will be able to evidence a range of outputs and outcomes that contribute to supporting families with infants at risk of SIDS. Alongside the provision of equipment bundles, the Provider should ensure that referred families receive safer sleeping advice and are connected to local services, including the Start For Life offer, to deliver a package of holistic support appropriate to the family's needs. The Service resulting from this commission will form an integrated part of a wider safer sleep offer in Cornwall.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dba5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073849-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£40,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Aug 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
11 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2026 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cornwall Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
TRURO
Postcode
TR1 3AY
Postcode Area
Truro
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Cornwall
Electoral Ward
Truro Boscawen & Redannick
Westminster Constituency
Truro and Falmouth

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Home-Start Kernow

Further Information

Notice Documents

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