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
- Leicestershire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £2,034,900
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 035185-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Aug 2025
- Published17 Apr 2026Published 229 days after the contract date
Description
Delivery of therapeutic supported accommodation placements to children aged 16+. This notice covers 5 directly awarded contracts. PCR2015 Reg 32(2)(a) negotiated procedure without prior publication has been used to directly award these contracts. The placements were originally offered to all providers on the Leicestershire Children and Families Services Gateway2Resources (G2R) - Supported Accommodation for Young People Dynamic Purchasing System ref DN492655 (OJEU Notice: OJ S 162/2020) using the DPS call off process and no tenders/offers were received. Placement 1: 01/09/2025 to 22/01/2026 £128,625 Placement 2: 04/09/2025 to 16/09/2025 £14,400 Placement 3: 01/09/2025 to 09/04/2027 £848,250 Placement 4: 11/12/2025 to 19/08/2026 £320,025 Placement 5: 05/01/2026 to 13/03/2027 £723,600
About the supplier
Headzpace Therapeutic Care Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12737816).