Contract award · 14 Mar 2025

Contract Cafe Mental Health Support Services

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust awarded “Contract Cafe Mental Health Support Services” to Spider Project CIC for £3.24m.

No competitionHealth & social careNorth West

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
Supplier
Spider Project CIC SME
Value
£3,238,593
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date14 Mar 2025
  2. Published21 Mar 2025Published 7 days after the contract date

Description

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the public contract regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice, marks the start of the stand still period. Representations by providers, must be made to the trust by 10.4.25 This contract has not yet formally been awarded and this notice serves as an intention to award under the Provider Selection Regime.

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