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
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Phoenix Futures
- Value
- £2,466,179.02
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 015530-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published16 Apr 2025Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
Description of the services to be provided: Recovery Support Workers.<br/>We are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process A.<br/>The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £2,466,179.02<br/>Start date: 01/04/2025<br/>Expiry date: 31/03/2030, 5 years plus an option to extend for 2 years
About the supplier
Phoenix Futures: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01626869).