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
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Changes Health and Wellbeing SME
- Value
- £341,081
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 082966-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Sep 2026
- Published2 Sep 2026Published the same day
Description
The Contracting Authority intends to award a new contract with Changes Health and Wellbeing to deliver an Enhanced Mental Health Service in Schools (EMHS) for Children and Young People in Stoke-on-Trent. The recommended award has been made following direct award process c under the provider Selection Regime2023. The contract is for 7 months (with an option to extend for 1 x 12 months ) from 1st September 2026 to utilise a budget of £121,150 (September 26 to March 27) and £219,931 (April 27 to March 28) =£341,081 total budget. Additional information: Quality: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard / Weighting: 90%. Price: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard / Weighting: 10%.
About the supplier
Changes Health and Wellbeing: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07761177).