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
- Devon County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Livewell Southwest SME
- Value
- £2,660,224
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Psychiatrist or psychologist services (CPV 85121270)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 007570-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Feb 2025
- Published28 Feb 2025Published the same day
Description
Devon County Council is recommissioning the following health and wellbeing services into Atkinson Secure Children’s Home: • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) • Nurse Service • Speech and Language Therapy Service A notice was published for 14 days informing the market of the intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process. To express an interest, providers were required to complete and submit the Provider Information Request (PIR) via ProContract. Only 1 PIR submission was received, from Livewell Southwest CIC. As Livewell Southwest CIC’s PIR response was compliant with the Basic Selection Criteria, they were invited to complete the Further Provider Information Request (FPIR) to provide further information relating to the Key Criteria. After conducting an assessment, taking into account the Key Criteria, Devon County Council is content that Livewell Southwest CIC will satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard. This notice is placed to set out Devon …
About the supplier
Livewell Southwest: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07584107).