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
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Citizen's Advice Bureau Cambridgeshire SME
- Value
- £46,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 013372-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Feb 2026
- Published13 Feb 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
- Information and advice on various matters such as finances, housing, benefits (including personal independent payments (PIPs)), relationship breakdowns - In-patient ward attendance two days per week at two locations (2 days at Peterborough Cavell Centre and 2 days at Fulbourn Inpatient wards) covering both adult and older adult inpatient wards) - Provider to work efficiently with the relevant teams across CPFT where necessary (such as crisis teams) and work in a flexible way to maximise the effect of the new service - Continuation of service as inpatients are discharged into the community as and when required, through for example handover work to care coordinator and/or community team within an agreed timeframe - We would like the winning provider to provide some brief training to CPFT teams, for example to share awareness on key areas such as benefits etc. - CPFT evaluation will track service delivery metrics such as re-admission rates and per-patient cost and collect qualitative o…
About the supplier
Citizen's Advice Bureau Cambridgeshire: every public contract they have won.