Published date: 24 September 2019

This notice was replaced on 3 February 2020

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 3 February 2020)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£396,000

Procurement reference

Provision of Breast Feeding Peer Support Service

Published date

24 September 2019

Closing date

21 October 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Haringey Council is inviting Quotations from suitably qualified and experienced organisations for the provision of Breast Feeding Peer Support Service.

The service will deliver extensive outreach across the borough; to increase awareness of the benefits of breast-feeding, in addition to supporting antenatal and post-natal clients to breast-feed their babies.

The breast-feeding peer support service will recruit and train mothers who have breastfed from the local community to become breastfeeding peer supporters. Peer supporters need to reflect the diversity and languages of the borough. The service will liaise with the midwifery service, health-visiting service, children's centres and existing breastfeeding volunteers from other organisations to promote and support delivery of breastfeeding.

The service will train the peer supporters to provide support and information to enable mothers to achieve effective positioning and attachment and hand expression of breast milk. The service will need to provide, at a minimum, monthly supervision of paid and unpaid peer supporters.

The current budget for this service is within the range of £60,000 to £66,000 per annum.

The contract will be for a period of four years from April 2020, with option to extend for a further period of up to two years. .

Bids will be evaluated on the basis of Most Economical Advantageous Tender (MEAT), the breakdown of quality and price weighting will be included within the Request for Quotation documentation.

The documentation for this opportunity will be available from Monday, 23rd September 2019 via Haringey Procurement and Contracts System (HPCS) https://s2c.waxdigital.co.uk/ProcurementLBHaringey).

Bidders will need to register on this site to submit their response. If already registered, Bidders do not need to register again and may simply use their existing usernames and passwords.

About the buyer

Address

225 High Road
LONDON
N22 8HQ
England

Telephone

0208 489 3178

Email

mercy.arinaitwe@haringey.gov.uk