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 South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- SignHealth
- Value
- £90,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Guidance and counselling services (CPV 85312300)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 036878-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Apr 2026
- Published23 Apr 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process. This is a new service to be provided by a new provider.The contract will run for two years from the date of the award of the contract.<br/><br/>In arriving at the decision NHS South Yorkshire ICB have used the following criteria:<br/><br/>Key criteria 1. Quality and innovation- Weighting 25%<br/><br/>SY ICB is satisfied that SignHealth meets the quality and innovation criterion to a sufficient standard for this specialist BSL Talking Therapies service. SignHealth has delivered a comparable national NHS England BSL Talking Therapies service and reports recovery rates rising year on year (55.9%, 59.3%, 61.9%) with reliable improvement remaining high (78.3%, 78.4%, 77.4%), and local South Yorkshire outcomes reported as 61.5% recovery and 80% reliable improvement. The proposed model aligns to the NHS Talking Therapies Manual and NICE recommended interventions through a stepped-care approach, with Ste…
About the supplier
SignHealth: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02610559).