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
- Somerset Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Rethink Mental Illness SME
- Value
- £1,617,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 049084-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Aug 2025
- Published15 Aug 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The service: • Ensures continuity of support for the individual/ system flow of inpatient and community mental health services • Provides a specialist service and support the recovery of people using a trauma informed approach • Supports individuals to access universal services • Eliminates long term cost and commitment from the ASC budget in the form of individual request for services/commissioned care and support • Meets Somerset Council requirements under the Care Act 2014 • Demonstrates Somerset's commitment to parity of esteem with an "intermediate care" offer for Mental Health clients. • Adheres to the Adult Social Care Strategy and priorities: 'Right Support, Right place, Right time' Somerset Council proposes to direct award the Contract for these Services to the current provider following Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR). The lifetime value of the contract is: £1,617,000
About the supplier
Rethink Mental Illness: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01227970).