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
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Compass Group UK
- Value
- £9,600,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 069822-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jul 2026
- Published23 Jul 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Description of the services to be provided: Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHSTs) play a central role in early intervention emotional health and wellbeing pathways, working alongside digital and community-based provision to reduce pressure on specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £9.6 million The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are 1 January 2027 to 31 March 2030 Additional information: In line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023
About the supplier
Compass Group UK: every public contract they have won.