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
- Hertfordshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- CHUMS Social Enterprise CIC
- Value
- £296,940
- 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
- 045365-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Jul 2025
- Published1 Aug 2025Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Hertfordshire County Council has a requirement for a suicide bereavement support service. The Council is intending to award this contract to our existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR.) The contract will commence on 1st September 2025 until 31st August 2026 with the option to extend for one (1) year, plus one (1) year, plus one (1) year. The approximate life time value of this contract is stated in II.1.7 above and includes the value of any possible extensions.
About the supplier
CHUMS Social Enterprise CIC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07589791).