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
- NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Value
- £280,271,138
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 022978-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Aug 2025
- Published13 Mar 2026Published 212 days after the contract date
Description
Mental Health services for Adults & CYP registered with a GP in either BBC, CBC or LBC areas. Services include Adults’ community & in-patients services, recovery services, CAMHS and Talking Therapies (in Bedfordshire, not Luton). <br/><br/>The ICB is intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is £280m for a period of 2 years. <br/><br/>The dates between which the service is intended to be provided are 01.04.2026 - 31.03.2028.
About the supplier
East London NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.