Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Provide Wellbeing Limited SME
- Value
- £716,895
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 000648-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Oct 2023
- Published9 Jan 2024Published 85 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority published a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (Notice Number: 2023/S 000-032173) on the 31st October 2023 which outlined the rationale and reasoning for the Authority's decision to award this contract, under Regulation 32 (2) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("PCR 2015") (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020). In line with best practice, the Authority has observed the 10-day standstill period from the publication date of the voluntary ex-ante transparency notice before awarding the contract, pursuant to Regulation 99 (3) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended (EU Exit) 2020 etc.) The Authority has taken the decision to award this ASD Assessments to incumbent provider London Early Autism. The provider is considered most technically capable of providing the most economically advantageous solution to the Authority under the current environment whilst the ICB undergoes restructure, review and alignment …
About the supplier
Provide Wellbeing Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05843096).