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
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Healios Limited SME
- Value
- £985,000
- 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
- 064920-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Oct 2025
- Published13 Oct 2025Published the same day
Description
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust already has a current contract with Healios Ltd for the provision of Neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Services.<br/><br/>Service model suppports improved outcomes for five to 25 year olds with mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions through increasing capacity to undertake assessments outside of traditional clinic/outpatient settings and therefore reduce waiting times.<br/><br/>Through the provision of a specialist digital multidisciplinary team that works in collaboration with local teams to understand demand, referral rates/patterns and local practices in terms of safeguarding.<br/><br/>The intention is for the Contract to be awarded to the existing provider following the PSR Direct Award Process Option C as it has been deemed that the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard<br/><br/>The period of the contract is 12 months or until the agreed f…
About the supplier
Healios Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08459279).