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
- Somerset Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Care Concern Group
- Value
- £3,328,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Residential health facilities services (CPV 85144000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 102608-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Oct 2026
- Published29 Oct 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
- description of the services to be provided: OPMH+ in Somerset is the Discharge service to support recovery, reablement and assessment and is the route for supported discharges where a person is unable to return to their usual place of residence at the point of discharge from acute hospital. The Bedded pathway model ensures no assessment for ongoing care happens in an acute hospital setting but happens in an appropriate pathway bed. This enables speedy discharge and prevents the overprovision of long-term care. This service is provided by a combination of commissioned providers and NHS therapist staff and is jointly funded through the Intermediate Care budget. - this notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process: - the approximate lifetime value of the contract: £3,328,000 You should also specify: - this is an existing service; - this is an existing provider; - the dates between which the services are intended to be provided, if known - 11.11.202…
About the supplier
Care Concern Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10550872).