Who Won It

Contract award · 1 Oct 2026

Help When You Need It Mental Health & Carers

Bristol City Council awarded “Help When You Need It Mental Health & Carers” to SecondStep for £4.2m on 1 Oct 2026. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careSouth West

BuyerBristol City Council
Value £4.2m
WinnerSecondStep

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.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Bristol City Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
SecondStep
Value
£4,200,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Region
South West
Official notice
102390-2026 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Oct 2026
  2. Published29 Oct 2026Published 28 days after the contract date

Description

The procurement route to market for this project was a Mini Competition from an internal Framework: Adult Social Care Providers Single Framework, Lot 5 Community Support and Day Opportunities.

About the supplier

More from Bristol City Council

All contracts

Recent health & social care contracts

Sector overview