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 Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £10,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 075090-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Aug 2026
- Published7 Aug 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board is publishing this notice as confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance which best mitigates any risks to care and safety of the patient to Oxford Health Specialist Psychological Intervention Centre (OHSPIC). The individual placement is required as the person presents with OCD and dermoatillomania at level of complexity and severity unresponsive to the usual NHS psychological and/or psychiatric treatment approaches and requires highly skilled and specialist treatment provision. Currently commissioned services have acknowledged that they do not have the specialists within their services to effectively to provide treatment. Intervention at this stage due to the severe life limiting impact on their mental health, they would benefit from receiving specialised treatment so the OCD and dermoatillomania is prevented from becoming an ongoing and chronic difficulty. There is a high risk i…
About the supplier
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.