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
- Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust · NHS Trust
- Supplier
- Mental Health Matters SME
- Value
- £3,946,224
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 034373-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published23 Jun 2025Published 83 days after the contract date
Description
The service will be fully integrated into the Durham and Tees Valley talking therapies service, supporting service users who require a stepped care psychological intervention ranging from Step 2 to Step 3. The service will provide 2.5 Team Managers, 4.6 High Intensity Therapists, 19 low Intensity Therapists and 1.8 Administrators WTE (Whole time Equivalent) who are qualified staff to deliver the service. Staff will be co-located within the service team structure. Staff will be expected to work towards meeting waiting list and treatment targets of the service collectively. Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £3,946,224 to be provided from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2028 with annual review.
About the supplier
Mental Health Matters: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01786914).