Contract award · 7 Mar 2026

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for people living with Severe Mental Illness (SMI)

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board awarded “Individual Placement and…” to South Yorkshire Housing Association Ltd for £249k.

No competitionHealth & social careEast Midlands

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.

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Key facts

Value
£248,668
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date7 Mar 2026
  2. Published31 Mar 2026Published 24 days after the contract date

Description

Description of the services to be provided: The service consists of a team of employment specialists integrated within local mental health teams, who support a caseload of patients to find new employment or to retain existing employment working closely with employers. This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance. The lifetime value of the contract is approximately £248,668 The dates between which the contract provides for the services to be provided are 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027

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