Estimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
19 June 2026
Published
14 May 2026
Type
services
Overview
This tender includes 2 lots. This includes anxiety, low mood, stress, and supporting healthy parent–infant relationships.
The need for strengthened peer based emotional wellbeing support has been consistently highlighted by parents and carers, including through the Sheffield Early Years consultation (2023) and subsequent engagement activity undertaken more recently. This has been running for 3 years and the aim is to build on, develop, improve and evolve what has already been implemented.
This recommissioning builds on three years of delivery and responds directly to needs identified through the 2023 Early Years Start for Life Consultation, where fathers and partners highlighted gaps in support during the perinatal period. The aim of this programme is to help all new and expectant dads and male caregivers make the transition to parenthood as smooth as possible, with a strong emphasis on: • sensitive and attuned caregiving • positive early parent–infant relationships • good mental wellbeing for babies and their families
Lots (2)
- Lot 1Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Service Lot 2 - Perinatal Mental Health - Dads and Male Caregivers Peer Support Lot 1 - Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Service Sheffield City Council, as part of the national Best Start in Life and Healthy Babies Programme (formerly Start for Life), is recommissioning a perinatal mental health peer support service to provide early, accessible, and relationship based support for parents experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties [1]
- Lot 2Perinatal Mental Health - Dads and Male Caregivers Peer Support Sheffield City Council, as part of the national Best Start in Life and Healthy Babies Programme (formerly Start for Life), is recommissioning a Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH) Peer Support Programme for Dads and Male Caregivers
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Sheffield City Council is looking for organisations to run two separate peer support services for parents with perinatal mental health issues. Lot 1 supports all parents experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties like anxiety and low mood around pregnancy and early parenthood. Lot 2 specifically supports fathers and male caregivers during the same period. Both services have been running for 3 years and the council wants to recommission them with improvements based on what parents have asked for.
Requirements
- Ability to deliver peer-based emotional wellbeing support (not clinical/medical treatment)
- Experience working with parents experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties (anxiety, low mood, stress)
- Demonstrated understanding of perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships
- Capacity to provide accessible, relationship-based support
- For Lot 2 specifically: expertise in engaging fathers and male caregivers in perinatal period support
- Understanding of the Best Start in Life and Healthy Babies Programme (national framework)
- Ability to work within Sheffield City Council's commissioning and performance framework
- Check full tender documents for: insurance requirements, safeguarding policies, staff qualifications, DBS checks, and data handling requirements
Key Tasks & Deliverables
- Deliver peer support sessions/groups for parents experiencing perinatal mental health difficulties
- Provide one-to-one or small group support focused on mild to moderate anxiety, low mood, and stress
- Support parents in developing healthy parent-infant relationships
- For Lot 2: run dedicated peer support programme for expectant and new fathers and male caregivers
- Develop and deliver content on sensitive, attuned caregiving for male caregivers
- Ensure services are early intervention, accessible, and relationship-based
- Build on the existing 3-year service delivery model with improvements
- Engage with parents and carers to gather feedback and evolve the service
How to Read This Tender
- 1This is a recommissioning tender, meaning the service already exists — the council wants to continue it with the same or a new provider. Look carefully at what the current service does (3 years of data) and think about how you'd improve it based on the feedback mentioned.
- 2Notice there are 2 lots — you can bid for Lot 1 only, Lot 2 only, or both. Read the full documents to see if they want separate bids or one combined bid, and whether there are different prices/timescales for each.
- 3The description emphasises 'peer support' repeatedly — this means service users supporting other service users, not just professionals delivering services. Think about your model for recruiting, training, and supporting peer supporters.
- 4The 2023 Sheffield Early Years consultation is important context — find and read this document (or request it) to understand exactly what parents and fathers said was missing. Your bid should directly address these gaps.
- 5Look for: contract value, contract length (likely 3 years matching the previous cycle), service delivery locations in Sheffield, target numbers of parents/dads to be supported, and performance metrics you'll be measured against.
Tips for Small Businesses
- If you run a small peer support or wellbeing organisation, consider bidding for one lot and potentially subcontracting specialist support (e.g., clinical supervision, safeguarding oversight) rather than trying to do everything yourself — councils often support consortium arrangements for recommissioning.
- Lot 2 (Dads) is more specialist and less competitive than Lot 1 — if you have any experience or relationships with fathers' groups, parenting organisations, or male mental health networks, Lot 2 could be a smaller, more winnable contract for a small business.
- Social value will likely be scored — emphasise local recruitment of peer supporters, links to other Sheffield services, and any work you do with underrepresented groups (e.g., BAME parents, lone parents, teenage parents). Check the tender for the social value weighting.
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Sheffield City CouncilKey Dates
Published
14 May 2026
Submission deadline
19 June 2026
Notice type
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