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
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- The Owl Centre Limited SME
- Value
- £465,030
- 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
- 059736-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 May 2026
- Published25 Jun 2026Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
In January of this year, regional colleagues contacted Mid and South Essex ICB (now NHS Essex ICB) to advise of a non-recurrent funding for community schemes to tackle long waiting times. Commissioning leads for BCYP, Community services and Adult Mental Health (MH) were asked to consider how best to utilise the 25/26 funding before Q2 2026/27 after which funding would not be available. Commissioning leads identified a number priority pathways. • Community Paediatrics (Neuro) across MSE – ASD/ADHD assessments • ASD/ADHD assessment Adults Children and Adults awaiting assessment for ASD and ADHD are subject to significant waiting times for assessment and treatment where applicable. While 52-week waits are significant, commissioning leads wish to transfer the longest waiters on the pathways to accredited providers on the CYP and Adult frameworks who would be better placed to mobilise the additional capacity required on a temporary basis and hold the funding into the new financial year.Ind…
About the supplier
The Owl Centre Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07880303).