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
- Portsmouth City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Intuitive Thinking Skills Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,707,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Rehabilitation services (CPV 85312500)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 082985-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Dec 2025
- Published15 Dec 2025Published the same day
Description
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process for the provision of lived experience recovery services. This is an existing service awarded to an existing provider, Intuitive Thinking Skills. The aim of the service is to promote and provide lived experience involvement, and co-production, throughout our drug and alcohol treatment system. The Service will provide both harm reduction and recovery support. It will deliver independent advocacy, peer mentoring, peer support groups, recovery check-ins and training and support for volunteers. The service will be a key delivery partner in making Portsmouth an Inclusive Recovery City. The lifetime value of the contract is £1,707,000. The services are to be provided from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029, with the option to extend for a further 3 years.
About the supplier
Intuitive Thinking Skills Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05204890).