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
- Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Kapella SME
- Value
- £126,920.06
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 043020-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published11 May 2026Published 40 days after the contract date
Description
This is an intention to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C. Approx lifetime value of the contract is £126,920.06 for 1 year. The service aims to provide a range of therapeutic modalities for children and young people with mild to moderate emotional mental health and wellbeing issues. These will meet one or more of the following needs: • Family issues - where this is having an adverse effect and the child or young person is showing signs of developing a mental health problem or disorder • Mild to moderate emotional and behavioural disorders • Child behaviour concerns (sleep, feeding, tantrums) once physical causes have been considered and the behaviour falls outside what might be considered to be within the range of normal behaviour • Anxiety, depression, stress and or other mood disorders, e.g. low self-esteem • Adjustment reactions • Simple phobias • Self-harm - where this is mild to moderate • Bereavement • Bullying • Anger management issues • …
About the supplier
Kapella: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03174040).