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 Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Suffolk Mind SME
- Value
- £413,866
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 027117-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Feb 2026
- Published25 Mar 2026Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
Suffolk Daytime Wellbeing Hub and Evening Safe Haven Aims and objectives of service • Establish a Daytime Wellbeing Hub and Evening Safe Haven model that sits at the heart of the community and operates a safe and friendly environment. There will be very limited evidence of an association with statutory services and as such the environment, and everything associated with it, shall be psychologically informed - in line with Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) principles and following the THRIVE model.1 However, the prospective provider to clearly define the clinical links with the statutory provider. • Offer day-time support for a range of mental health problems and for episodes of mental distress, to be based in a static facility, providing advice and information. • Offer an evening support for people who are in crisis (self-defined) and an alternative to admission to statutory services. • Use a social navigation and enabling approach, to empower people to stay well in their com…
About the supplier
Suffolk Mind: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02611510).