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 Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- First Steps ED
- Value
- £540,863
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 083613-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Aug 2026
- Published3 Sep 2026Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
Description of the services to be provided: Delivers a county-wide, community-based all-age early intervention and prevention offer for early-stage or emerging eating disorder presentations and wider difficulties with eating, alongside support for families and carers. The ICB are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C -The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £540,863 The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are 1 March 2027 to 31 March 2029.
About the supplier
First Steps ED: every public contract they have won.