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
- Anglia Care Trust SME
- Value
- £333,536
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 032459-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Oct 2024
- Published16 Jun 2025Published 231 days after the contract date
Description
Key objectives of the service include: • to offer virtual support to a range of people alongside face-to-face support. • for individuals to access support, goal focused planning and activities in their local community. • encourage people from 18+ to work towards a specific goal or receive impartial support and information. • offer to people who have been discharged by secondary care as part of their discharge plan. • offer to people who have greater need than a primary care offer. • designed to be in place to compliment psychological therapies through Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) (Suffolk Wellbeing Service: NSFT). • help introduce other additional support through a variety of voluntary and mental health groups. The Contract was previously commissioned for 3 years (including 6m extension) this proposal aligns the contract to expire when the other crisis alternative contracts end and can be reprocured following a full service review. Contract will run from 1st July…
About the supplier
Anglia Care Trust: every public contract they have won.