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
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Sunderland Counselling Services SME
- Value
- £1,933,788
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Counselling services (CPV 85312320)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 026280-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Mar 2026
- Published23 Mar 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of counselling modalities to patients within the North Tyneside Talking Therapies anxiety and depression service. The service offers psychological therapies for patients registered with a GP in the locality experiencing psychological difficulties across the severity spectrum from mild to severe presentations.<br/><br/>This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services PSR Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. <br/><br/>The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 07/04/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded, this notice serves as an intention to award under PSR.<br/><br/>The intention is for the contract to be awarded to the existing provider foll…
About the supplier
Sunderland Counselling Services: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03315039).