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
- Wirral Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Reed Talent Solutions Limited
- Value
- £356,250
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Psychiatrist or psychologist services (CPV 85121270)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 087526-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Sep 2026
- Published15 Sep 2026Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
To provide additional educational psychologist capacity to assist the core EP team in providing statutory assessment and advices for children undergoing the Education, Health, and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) process.
About the supplier
Reed Talent Solutions Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11875450).