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
- Kent County Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- (A&T) Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Amelie's Place Limited SME, Carter Brown - the Expert Service Limited SME, Esther Obiri-Darko TA TWells Therapy, Katrina Moller TA Katrina's Play & Creative Arts Therapy, Individual supplier
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 028987-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Mar 2026
- Published30 Mar 2026Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
SEN Therapies (Lot 1) The Council recognises that SEN therapy service providers have an important role in improving a child or young person's (CYP's) participation in learning experiences and access to curriculum opportunities and outcomes for our children who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan. The Council aims to establish a relational contracting approach with providers on the Qualified Provider List (QPL) that will: • recognise the interdependencies between local authorities, service providers, Ofsted and other stakeholders; • facilitate co operation, shared learning and improvement; • enable the Council to anticipate and respond quickly to the changing needs of CYP with an EHC plan; • support joint working between the Council's education services and therapy service providers to help improve outcomes for CYP with an EHC plan; • help ensure sufficiency and suitability of therapy provision tailored to the current and anticipated needs of CYP with an EHC plan; and • ensur…
About the suppliers
(A&T) Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.
Amelie's Place Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 15348314).
Carter Brown - the Expert Service Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04547728).
Esther Obiri-Darko TA TWells Therapy: every public contract they have won.
Katrina Moller TA Katrina's Play & Creative Arts Therapy: every public contract they have won.