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
- Supplier
- Off The Record
- Value
- £481,291
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 080445-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Aug 2026
- Published24 Aug 2026Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of a counselling service for children and young people who need supportive counselling as a single intervention for the assessment and treatment of emotional distress which may include: • bullying • friendships • stress • anger • grief • anxiety Service to be provided in two settings: 1) School-based counselling • Educational settings across Bath and North East Somerset. • 6 hours per week of face-to-face counselling per week in each educational setting for 35 weeks of academic year. • 'Listening sessions' no more than 60 mins per day 2) Community- based counselling • Two sites: Keynsham and Midsomer Norton. • Support to hard to reach children and young people. • Evening sessions for 50 weeks each year. • Min. 700 hours of face-to-face provision per annum. BSW ICB is directly awarding a contract to the existing provider Off the Record in accordance with the criteria outlined in Regulation 9 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Contract sta…
About the supplier
Off The Record: every public contract they have won.