Contract award · 23 Dec 2024

Early Years Speech & Language Commissioned Service

Sefton Council awarded “Early Years Speech & Language Commissioned Service” to Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust for £100k.

No competitionHealth & social care North West

BuyerSefton Council

Value £100k

WinnerAlder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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: Sefton Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Value: £100,064
Procedure: Direct award
Sector: Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Region: North West
Official notice: View on Contracts Finder
Timeline: Contract date23 Dec 2024

Published27 Jan 2025Published 35 days after the contract date

Description

Early Years Speech & Language Commissioned Service

About the supplier

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date	Contract	Supplier	Value
23 Dec 2024	Early Years Speech & Language Commissioned Service	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust	£100k

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