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
- Kent County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- South East Memory Assessment Services Limited SME
- Value
- £345,172.50
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 066037-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jun 2026
- Published14 Jul 2026Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
The purpose of the service is to ensure that the Council can meet its requirement to ensure that a person subject to DoLS has received statutory Mental Health and eligibility assessments in a timely manner so as not to delay any outcome issued by the Supervisory Body. Additional information: This extension is under the Provider Selection Regime. The value quoted in II.1.7 is for the contract extension period of 9 months only.
About the supplier
South East Memory Assessment Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09096801).