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
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £27,574
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Psychiatrist or psychologist services (CPV 85121270)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 071273-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Oct 2025
- Published5 Nov 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
HDFT require the services of a Registered Clinician and administrative services for the purposes of ensuring that any details patients, for whom HDH is the detaining Authority, are allocated to an appropriate Approved Clinician and ensure that the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 and are implemented and administered lawfully.<br/><br/>The service can only be delivered by a Mental Health Trust, with the Supplier having previously delivered the service within the geographical area of the Trust.<br/><br/>This direct award is being made in relation to Direct Award Process A under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023.<br/><br/>For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of the Procurement Act 2024 do not apply to this award.
About the supplier
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.