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
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Autism Plus
- Value
- £50,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published16 Jun 2025Published 76 days after the contract date
Description
The provider has been contracted to deliver against the outputs profile in schedule 1 which includes supporting: • Unemployed individuals who we are working with to progress into work. • Participants in work who we are supporting to progress in work. The provider is required to submit their forecast against the output profile below before delivery starts. This will be inserted into schedule 1 (B). The provider will be specifically looking to support participants who are: • Neurodivergent individuals of working age (16 years plus) from across the Barnsley area. • Individuals who are struggling to access mainstream provision, or those that fall in between the gap of services. • Individuals who have a diagnosis/ are seeking a diagnosis or suspect they have neurodivergent traits.
About the supplier
Autism Plus: every public contract they have won.