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
- London Borough of Brent · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- VIA Community Ltd
- Value
- £12,055,520
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 021553-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Dec 2025
- Published10 Mar 2026Published 84 days after the contract date
Description
Brent Council entered into a contract to provide substance misuse services under the Integrated Treatment Recovery Wellbeing and Substance Misuse Service (the “Contract”) with Westminster Drugs Project (now rebranded and renamed as VIA Community Ltd from 14/11/2024 for 2 years with the current contract due to expire on 31/03/2026. The Council is intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £12,055,520. The dates between which the services are intended to be provided is 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2029. The Integrated Treatment Recovery Wellbeing and Substance Misuse Service is provided by Via Community Ltd. The services deliver against the key priorities outlined in 2021 National Drug Strategy: From Harm to Hope and this includes clinical prescribing (including relapse prevention), Treatment and Recovery Services, Care planned counselling service and recovery day programme, Outreach and engagement, Crimin…
About the supplier
VIA Community Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02807934).