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
- Supplier
- Health Assured Ltd
- Value
- £42,630
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Health & social care · Counselling services (CPV 85312320)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Dec 2025
- Published2 Mar 2026Published 83 days after the contract date
Description
For the purpose of this tender, we require the supplier to provide services to students at our Ipswich campus (approx. 3500 students) which include international, undergraduate, postgraduate, apprenticeship, and PhD students, spread across full-time and part-time courses. Students live both on and off campus and represent a truly diverse community. Many students commute to campus from within the county, neighbouring counties, and London. Our health provision also means that students spend a proportion of their course in placement settings. At Suffolk, in line with the national picture, we have seen a significant growth in the demand for student mental health services. Nearly 1 in 4 young people will experience suicidal feelings at least once in their lives. 1 in 20 will try and take their own life. We are committed to the prevention of suicide, a safe campus and our work is aligned to Student Minds University Mental Health Charter principles. Our aim is to make mental health and wellb…
About the supplier
Health Assured Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06314620).