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
- North Northamptonshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Inner Circle Consulting Ltd SME
- Value
- £149,625
- 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
- 039825-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Apr 2026
- Published30 Apr 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
North Northamptonshire Council have conducted a procurement process through a mini competition via the ESPO Consultancy Services Framework 664_25 to find a suitably qualified and experienced supplier who will work with the Council to define clear and achievable strategic ambitions, identify savings opportunities, drive efficiencies, and better align services to meet future demand pressures and opportunities. The appointed consultancy will be required to: • Produce an ambitious, innovative, and deliverable Extra Care and Specialised Housing Strategy for NNC. • Identify how Extra Care and other supported housing models can help meet future demographic, social care, and community needs. • Provide a clear framework for stimulating market development, including alternative and emerging models of housing with care. • Set out how NNC can use its place shaping role, partnerships, and internal assets to accelerate delivery. • Identify council owned assets or other sites of strategic importance…
About the supplier
Inner Circle Consulting Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06799707).