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 North East and North Cumbria ICB · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Mental Health Innovations
- Value
- £542,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 005511-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Feb 2025
- Published18 Feb 2025Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
Crisis text service all age for mental health crisis with focus on marginalised groups. Award is made following an Urgent Award the lifetime value of the contract in £542,000+ VAT . £50,000 plus VAT payable in 24/25, £271,000 plus VAT payable in 25/26 and £221,000 plus VAT payable in 26/27; contract length 24 months.
About the supplier
Mental Health Innovations: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company CE011677).