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
- Newcastle City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Children North East SME
- Value
- £786,041.67
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 054747-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 May 2026
- Published10 Jun 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of specialist intervention service for parents experiencing mild to moderate perinatal mental health difficulties and problems with attachment and bonding with their baby, as well as wider workforce training in Infant Mental Health. This Contract will be awarded under direct award process C of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) It will be awarded to an existing provider.
About the supplier
Children North East: every public contract they have won.