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
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Barnardo's
- Value
- £1,190,130
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 061626-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Oct 2025
- Published2 Oct 2025Published the same day
Description
Contract award notice for PSR Direct award C - My Time contract North Cumbria. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice under Direct Award Process C. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 14/10/2025 via email to:<br/>gill.keane@cntw.nhs.uk<br/>The commitment is for a 3 year contract with an annual value of £396,710. The Authority reserve the right to extend this contract for a further 2 x 12 month periods subject to funding and / or need.<br/>This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
About the supplier
Barnardo's: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00061625).