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
- Sunderland City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Recovery Connections SME
- Value
- £590,256.80
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 048176-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 May 2026
- Published22 May 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The Authority intends to award a contract for the Service to the existing provider pursuant to Direct Award Process C under Regulation 9 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 ("PSR"). This is a notice under Regulation 9 (3) of the Authority's intention to award the contract for the Service as described below to the existing provider. The contract is for the provision of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for residents who access drug and alcohol services in the city of Sunderland council area and will be available to individuals of working age (16+), resident in the Sunderland area, who are engaged in structured drug and/or alcohol treatment and are out of work. The 'structured treatment' can be provided by either a young person's community-based specialist substance use service; an adult's community based specialist substance use service; or an 'all age' community based specialist substance use service. The Scheme will provide bespoke 'packages'…
About the supplier
Recovery Connections: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06545431).