Awarded contract

Provision of Infant Feeding

Details

Buyer: Blackpool Council
Supplier(s): Henry
Value: £510,000
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Parenteral feeding solutions
Published: 13 October 2026
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

The Contracting Authority is looking to appoint a provider that will, as part of the Best Start Partnership, support ongoing development of work to improve support for feeding choices, promoting key messages and supporting families to access the wider Healthy Babies and Family Hub programme to contribute to the wider outcomes for babies, children and their families. A full scope of the Contracting Authority’s requirements can be found in Appendix A – Infant Feeding Specification. Keywords: Infant Feeding, Healthy Babies

Timeline

Completed: Award published13 October 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 November 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 October 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Blackpool Council buys as a local authority through its corporate procurement team. Larger contracts are split into smaller lots so small and voluntary sector suppliers can compete equally.

Healthcare services are commissioned separately under the Provider Selection Regime, with contracting activity summarised each year.

Over the past 5 years, most of Blackpool Council's contract awards have been in construction work, repair and maintenance and health and social work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov