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 Cheshire & Merseyside ICB · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Kooth Digital Health Limited
- Value
- £264,480
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 008161-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Jan 2025
- Published6 Mar 2025Published 38 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside - Liverpool Place intend to award a 1 year contract via Direct Award C to the incumbent provider to deliver online counselling and support to 10-25 year olds in Liverpool. The contract will start on 1 April 2025, expire on 31 March 2025 and has an annual contract value of £264,480 (plus any NHS uplift)
About the supplier
Kooth Digital Health Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04154208).