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
- Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Mental Health Innovations
- Value
- £162,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 018056-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Apr 2025
- Published30 Apr 2025Published the same day
Description
The award of a contract relating to Mental Health Crisis Text Messaging Service; this notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process, for a 12 month period at a cost of £162,000 per annum. This is a new service and the intention is to award to Mental Health Innovations, a new provider with BSMHFT
About the supplier
Mental Health Innovations: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company CE011677).