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
- Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Impower Consulting Ltd SME
- Value
- £500,000
- 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
- 052975-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Apr 2026
- Published4 Jun 2026Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
A delivery partner to apply the Valuing Care methodology to a defined cohort of Children in Care. The aim is to better match care to need, improve outcomes, and deliver both in year and ongoing financial sustainability, with delivery overseen through monthly senior governance and an embedded tracking framework to sustain benefits as business as usual.
About the supplier
Impower Consulting Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03876501).