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
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Pearson Clinical Assessment
- Value
- £184,448
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical specialist services (CPV 85121200)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 060778-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Sep 2025
- Published30 Sep 2025Published the same day
Description
Pearson's Clinical Products are utilised by mental health teams, educators, and other professionals accross the trust to conduct assessments, compute scores, and generate reports efficiently. These systems are accessible anytime from any computer and house over 60 industry-leading assessment tools. All features of Pearson Clinical Products operate within a secure, private web environment, assisting professionals to streamline their assessment workflows improving resources and reducing costs to the trust also improving waiting times and assessment accuracy. This award has been made under PSR following direct award process A ; - the lifetime value of the contract is £184,448. The contract will be provided from 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2028.
About the supplier
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