Contract award · 12 Feb 2025

Mental Health Crisis Text Support

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust awarded “Mental Health Crisis Text Support” to Mental Health Innovations - SHOUT for £215k.

No competitionHealth & social careSouth East

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
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
Value
£215,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date12 Feb 2025
  2. Published21 Mar 2025Published 37 days after the contract date

Description

Oxford Health assessed the provider's service provision with respect to the key decision making criteria as outlined in the PSR - Most Suitable Provider process. Each of these criteria were assessed on a pass/fail basis by the award decision makers, and the provider passed each of the criteria.

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