Contract award · 1 Jul 2026

Best Start Family Service - Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) and Parent-infant Relationships (PIR)

London Borough of Camden awarded “Best Start Family Service - Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) and…” to North London NHS Foundation Trust for £1.53m.

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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.

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Key facts

Buyer
London Borough of Camden · Regional or local authority
Value
£1,533,062
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Jul 2026
  2. Published15 Jul 2026Published 14 days after the contract date

Description

The Service will provide a senior psychologist to lead the project and clinical psychologists to provide interventions and support the work streams. These include designing Best Start for Baby (Camden's enhanced health child programme), delivering interventions to support parents' wellbeing, workforce development, co-design with families and evaluation. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process under the Provider Selection Regime, to the existing provider, North London NHS Foundation Trust for a period of 33 months, from 1st July 2026 until 31st March 2029 for a total cost of £1,533,062 Additional information: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition, as selected in the preliminary questions

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