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 Dorset Integrated Care Board · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Kooth Digital Health Limited
- Value
- £749,325
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 032670-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Oct 2025
- Published10 Apr 2026Published 164 days after the contract date
Description
The services to be provided for under this contract are Digital Mental Health Services. We are intending to award a contract to an existing provider, following the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £749,325. The contract term runs from 01 April 2026 until 31 March 2028 with an extension option of 12 months.
About the supplier
Kooth Digital Health Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04154208).