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 Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Epsom and Ewell Citizens Advice Bureau SME
- Value
- £82,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Rehabilitation services (CPV 85312500)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 073763-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published4 Aug 2026Published 126 days after the contract date
Description
Citizens Advice Bureau Epsom and Ewell provide a specialist advisory service directly to people admitted as an inpatient and deliver a service to clients with mental problems in the community predominantly those under the care of secondary care mental health services, that are unable to be supported by more generic community services, namely the Citizens advice. Surrey and Sussex ICB intends to award Citizens Advice Bureau Epsom and Ewell a contract following direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract will be £82,000 (£41,000 per annum) over the two year term, from 1st April 2026 until 31st March 2028. This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
About the supplier
Epsom and Ewell Citizens Advice Bureau: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04079521).