Specialised counselling for pregnancy-related bereavement and baby loss across Suffolk and north east Essex.

Descriptions

Intention is to commission a specialised bereavement counselling service that meets the needs of women or the birthing person and their partners, who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health distress because of pregnancy-related bereavement or baby loss. Access to the service will be provided via professional referral and self-referral. The service is accessible following a stillbirth, second trimester miscarriage, terminations for medical reasons, recurrent miscarriages, neonatal loss, birth trauma, pregnancy after loss, and early miscarriage (by professional referral only). A fixed number of counselling sessions will be provided either virtually or face-to-face based on parent choice. VII.1) Information to be changed or addedseven.2) Other additional informationVII.2) Other additional informationThis is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. Contract award date: 25th April 2025 The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 01/10/2025 - 31/09/2028 Lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be: Value excluding VAT: £286,800 There was no review during the standstill period.