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
- Kent County Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- Crisp and Crane Training Limited SME, Elaine Dunne T/A Hopeville Therapeutic Services, Horse 4 Thought Limited SME, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT), Oak Therapies CIC SME, PartnershipProjects UK Limited SME, Individual supplier, Individual supplier, Individual supplier, Rainbow Family Therapy Services Limited SME, Restoring Hope Therapies Limited SME, Shortland Psychology Associates Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 006102-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Jan 2026
- Published23 Jan 2026Published the same day
Description
SEN Therapies (Lot 1) The Council recognises that SEN therapy service providers have an important role in improving a child or young person's (CYP's) participation in learning experiences and access to curriculum opportunities and outcomes for our children who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan. The Council aims to establish a relational contracting approach with providers on the Qualified Provider List (QPL) that will: • recognise the interdependencies between local authorities, service providers, Ofsted and other stakeholders; • facilitate co operation, shared learning and improvement; • enable the Council to anticipate and respond quickly to the changing needs of CYP with an EHC plan; • support joint working between the Council's education services and therapy service providers to help improve outcomes for CYP with an EHC plan; • help ensure sufficiency and suitability of therapy provision tailored to the current and anticipated needs of CYP with an EHC plan; and • ensur…
About the suppliers
Crisp and Crane Training Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08312994).
Elaine Dunne T/A Hopeville Therapeutic Services: every public contract they have won.
Horse 4 Thought Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12986639).
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT): every public contract they have won.
Oak Therapies CIC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12843751).
PartnershipProjects UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05741447).
Rainbow Family Therapy Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08479307).
Restoring Hope Therapies Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13763682).
Shortland Psychology Associates Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07991058).