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
- Cambridgeshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Nessie in ED CIC SME
- Value
- £400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 039365-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Jul 2025
- Published11 Jul 2025Published the same day
Description
The service is to provide a system-wide approach to support for families of children and young people who have difficulty attending school due to mental health issues. The funds will be primarily focused to support education settings in Cambridgeshire that do not currently benefit from having mental health support teams; to build and/or re-ignite relationships between families and education or health services where appropriate to improve health outcomes. Cambridgeshire County Council is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £400,000. The estimated start date of the service is 01/08/2025 until 31/07/2027.
About the supplier
Nessie in ED CIC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11719406).