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 Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Listening Ear SME
- Value
- £150,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 023348-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Mar 2025
- Published20 May 2025Published 54 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - St Helens Place intends to award a 2 year contract with an option to extend for 1 year via Direct Award C to the incumbent provider to deliver counselling support to Children We Look After (CWLA Titanium) and children who are bereaved or struggling with loss (Butterflies) in St Helens. The contract will start on 1st September 2025, expires on 31st August 2027 and has an option to extend for 1 year.
About the supplier
Listening Ear: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05999650).