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
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Limbic Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 018850-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Feb 2026
- Published3 Mar 2026Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is commissioned to provide Talking Therapies services in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. The Limbic Access Chatbot has proven (following a two-year pilot) to be a suitable solution in assisting the Talking Therapies team deliver an efficient referral and triage process. This procurement is for the provision of such services. MPFT intends to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C The value of the three-year contract is £120,895.50. The services will be provided between 08.02.26 and 08.02.29. Additional information: The Limbic Access Chatbot has proven (following a two-year pilot) to be a suitable solution in assisting the Talking Therapies team deliver an efficient referral and triage process. MPFT intends to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The value of the three-year contract is £120,895.50. The services will be provided between 08.02.26 and 08.02.29.
About the supplier
Limbic Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11093861).