Contract for the Provision of Baby Loss Counselling Service

Description

The service is a counselling service to support parents after the loss of an unborn baby or very young baby, either through illness or early termination. The service provides counselling from trained staff via a range of methods. The service records the wellbeing of the people who use the service before and after their counselling to demonstrate that the service is helping them. Most bereaved parents or couples have 4 or 5 sessions, but this can be extended if needed. Lot 1: The service is a counselling service to support parents after the loss of an unborn baby or very young baby, either through illness or early termination. The service provides counselling from trained staff via a range of methods. The service records the wellbeing of the people who use the service before and after their counselling to demonstrate that the service is helping them. Most bereaved parents or couples have 4 or 5 sessions, but this can be extended if needed. The Council is intending to award this contract to our existing provider using Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The contract will commence on 11th June 2025 until 31st May 2028, with the option to extend for 2 years. The approximate life time value of this contract is stated in II.1.7 above and includes the value of any possible extensions.