Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
London Borough of Brent
Brent Civic Centre
Wembley
HA9 0FJ
UK
Contact person: Mr Robin Goodacre
E-mail: procurement@brent.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.brent.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.brent.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Parent & Infant Mental Health Peer Support (PSR Direct Award Route C)
Reference number: DN797518
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85323000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council is required to secure the provision of a Parent and Infant Mental Health Peer Support Service in Brent.
The service will provide one-to-one support to parents and carers with mild mental health difficulties and parent–infant relationship difficulties. This may be through a peer-support service or staff with appropriate additional training and offering support to fathers and co-parents/carers as well as mothers.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
185 140.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Brent Council is required to secure the provision of a Parent and Infant Mental Health Peer Support Service in Brent.
The service will provide one-to-one support to parents and carers with mild mental health difficulties and parent–infant relationship difficulties. This may be through a peer-support service or staff with appropriate additional training and offering support to fathers and co-parents/carers as well as mothers.
The Council currently has an existing contract in place provided by Home Start Barnet, Brent, Enfield, and Harrow.
The current contract was entered into in January 2024 for a period of seventeen (17) months. The contract was then varied and extended for a period of twelve (12) months and was due to expire on 31 March 2025.
Brent Council intend to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C under the Provider Selection Regime for the provision of Parent and Infant Mental Health Peer Support Service with Home Start Barnet, Brent, Enfield, and Harrow from 1st June 2025 to 31st March 2027 in the sum of £185,140 (exclusive of VAT).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: The existing contractor is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
/ Weighting: 100
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 03/12/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/10/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Home Start Barnet, Brent, Enfield and Harrow
Stephens House, 17 East End Road, Finchley
London
N3 3QE
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 185 140.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Written representations should be sent to procurement@brent.gov.uk
Details of the award decision-makers:
A report was prepared by the Officer recommending the award and the decision was made and taken by the Council's Corporate Director of Children, Young People and Community Development. The contract was awarded to the provider Home Start Barnet, Brent, Enfield and Harrow for 22 months.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 03/12/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Key criteria as follows:
Quality and innovation 20%
• The provider will be able to satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard.
• The provider is capable of continuing to provide the peer support service and have recruited additional staff to ensure one-to-one home visits are offered above and beyond the statutory expectations, including for fathers and co-parents.
• The service will also provide volunteer-led peer support for new fathers via organised outreach groups in maternity settings.
Value 20%
• The provider will be able to satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard.
• The provider will continue to recruit volunteer peer supporters from Brent and have expanded their pool of volunteers to support the residents.
• New specification is also being written in collaboration with the provider to understand how we can continue to deliver value.
Integration, collaboration and service sustainability 20%
• The provider will be able to satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard.
• The provider will continue to work as part of a multidisciplinary perinatal mental health and parent–infant relationship strategy which has clear referral pathways for families. This ensures a coherent and joined-up approach between services for babies and their families.
• The service is also contributing to the Borough plan and helping the LA to fulfil its statutory responsibility, and the new service specification and contract outlines opportunities for the provider to do.
Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice 20%
• The provider will be able to satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard.
• The new service specification proposed new ways for the service to deliver support to identified groups who may face barriers to accessing the existing offer, for example, outreach, and co-locating in family wellbeing centres. There have been no objections to working in this way, and the provider has been happy to re-engineer services where possible, ultimately improving services for families.
Social value 20%
• The provider will be able to satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard.
• The provider will deliver relevant social value KPIs which have been identified collaboratively with the Council for the benefit of Brent residents contributing to the delivery of the borough plan. This includes delivering events that destigmatise mental health and promote good early attachment relationships are encouraged.
There were no identified conflicts of interest.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
THE MAYOR AND BURGESSES OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT
Brent Civic Centre Engineers Way
London
HA9 0FJ
UK
E-mail: procurement@brent.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/11/2025