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
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £700,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 085945-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Dec 2025
- Published23 Dec 2025Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
NSFT has been commissioned to provide a CYP assessment, diagnostic and treatment service for ADHD and assessment and diagnostic for Autism. SNEE ICB has tasked NSFT with addressing the longest waits for assessment for both ADHD and Autism. The longest waits are between 3-4 years with the average over 2 years. This procurement aims by working with an external contractor to complete assessments, to reduce the wait for both ADHD and Autism assessment to under 2 years. The aims and objectives of the service are to provide: • A comprehensive and seamless needs-led assessment and diagnostic service that meets the needs of children and young people who may be neurodivergent and live with ADHD and/or Autism. • A multidisciplinary needs-led model of assessment, which utilises a range of assessment methods and is adapted to the social, communication, intellectual needs of the children and young people being assessed • A partnership approach to the assessment and treatment of ADHD and dual diagn…
About the supplier
Carehome Selection Limited trading as Xyla (part of Acacium Group): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03091598).