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 Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- The Owl Centre Limited SME
- Value
- £0.01
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 076287-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 Oct 2025
- Published24 Nov 2025Published 26 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of an Autism Diagnostic Assessment service in Kent & Medway.<br/><br/>This contract has been awarded under Direct Award B.<br/><br/>The contract has been awarded with no guarantee of activity. The value will vary dependant on the activity delivered.<br/><br/>Contract Period: 15th September 2025 - 14th September 2028 with an option to extend for a further 12 months.<br/><br/>This is an existing service.<br/><br/>These are existing suppliers.
About the supplier
The Owl Centre Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07880303).