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title: "Infant Feeding Peer Support"
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buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM"
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# Infant Feeding Peer Support

Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-030a0ca3-c800-4674-a5ad-4f1f467016fb

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## Summary

The London Borough of Lewisham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich are seeking a provider for an Infant Feeding Peer Support Service aimed at families in Lewisham and Greenwich. The service aims to offer social, emotional, and practical feeding support, connecting parents with peer supporters and other local parents. The procurement stage is in the award phase, with a contract value of £480,000 in GBP. The contract period starts on 1st June 2023 and ends on 31st May 2025.

This tender for the Infant Feeding Peer Support Service presents opportunities for businesses in the health and social work services sector. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-suited to compete for this service contract. The procurement method is an open procedure following a below-threshold light-touch regime, with the deadline for tender submissions set for 13th April 2023.

## Notice

Lewisham Council and Royal Borough of Greenwich is seeking to procure a provider to deliver a Service contract managing the responsibility of an Infant Feeding Peer Support Service for families in Lewisham and Greenwich. The Infant Feeding Peer Support Service is a preventative and early intervention service which will deliver a local, easily accessible Infant Feeding Peer Support Programme (based on NICE guidelines) that will establish a network of trained, paid peer supporters to expand and improve the infant feeding support across Lewisham and Greenwich, working with midwifery and health visiting services to create a flexible, system-wide pathway of support from conception onwards. The Infant Feeding Peer Support Service will provide all parents and carers with social, emotional and practical infant feeding support, whilst connecting them with other local parents, both antenatally and in the postnatal period. Peer Supporters will recognise feeding and other family issues or challenges and signpost to sources of professional or other support when required. This joint working with maternity and health visiting will support mothers to meet their feeding goals and help with the transition to parenthood. This procurement process will follow the below threshold light touch regime. Additional information: Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the messages area in the e-Tendering system, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d6226aa1-1f4d-43b8-826e-4e24cadfa776 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Jun 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 13 Apr 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Jun 2023 |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2023 - 30 Jun 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £480,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £480,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM |
| Locality | CATFORD |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE6 4RU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Lewisham |
| Electoral ward | Rushey Green |
| Westminster constituency | Lewisham East |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE BREASTFEEDING NETWORK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 33692210 - Parenteral feeding solutions
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 7 Jun 2023 at 15:27 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d6226aa1-1f4d-43b8-826e-4e24cadfa776
- 10 Mar 2023 at 12:06 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bae1fb05-1b28-4d08-ab07-1225cf967780

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d6226aa1-1f4d-43b8-826e-4e24cadfa776
  7th June 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bae1fb05-1b28-4d08-ab07-1225cf967780
  10th March 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=c0c4cc5b-3e81-ed11-811c-005056b64545
  Advert

## Notice URLs

- http://www.lewisham.gov.uk

## Provenance

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