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
- Darlington Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £165,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Psychiatrist or psychologist services (CPV 85121270)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 033706-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Apr 2026
- Published14 Apr 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of Clinical Psychologist time to workforce upskill children's services and provide support and guidance across in house fostering and in house residential to support placement stability. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process; and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is 2 years. This is a new service through an existing provider; The dates which the services are intended to be provided are between April 2026 and April 2028.
About the supplier
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.