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
- West Midlands Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Constellia
- Value
- £380,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 021648-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Mar 2026
- Published11 Mar 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is seeking to commission an innovative service delivery of the Supported Employment programme to be known as Connect to Work (C2W) through a remote model of support. WMCA requires assistance in proving support to 100 participants aged 18-24 to support them into employment through one-to-one specialist support. This has been procured via a compliant direct award to Constellia subcontracting to Kooth Digital Health Limited, utilising the AEC Neutral Vendor Framework for Multi Specialism Services.
About the supplier
Constellia: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06401989).