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
- Hertfordshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- SignHealth
- Value
- £68,026.56
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 069679-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jun 2026
- Published23 Jul 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of specialist NHS Talking Therapies services delivered directly in British Sign Language (BSL) for Deaf service users, including assessment, Step 2 and Step 3 interventions, Counselling for Depression (CfD), CBT, EMDR, IPT, Couples Therapy and associated reporting and governance requirements. This is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £68,026.56. This is a new service. The contract start date is 6th August 2026 for a year with an option to extend for a further year until 5th August 2028. The approximate life time value of this contract is stated in II.1.7 above and includes the value of any possible extensions.
About the supplier
SignHealth: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02610559).