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
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Mental Health Matters SME
- Value
- £708,509
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 077351-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Nov 2025
- Published26 Nov 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
The contract is to deliver Employment Advisors in IAPT services in Worcestershire. Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care intends to award a contract to the existing provider Mental Health Matters via Direct Award Process C as described in Regulation 9 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>Mental Health Matters as the previous incumbent provider, has a proven track record of delivering services in line with the required specification and within the agreed financial envelope.
About the supplier
Mental Health Matters: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01786914).