Official UK procurement notice
Care (Education) Treatment Reviews (CETR's)
Authority: NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of an independent Clinical Advisor and Expert by Experience for every Care (Education) and Treatment Review (CETR) required for people in a mental health or specialist hospital with a diagnosed learning disability and/or autism.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Mar 2025, 09:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2025, 09:22 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010057- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
Publisher note: This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Pathway Associates are the longstanding existing provider for this service that has previously been conducted under a spot purchase agreement. The introduction of the PSR resulted in the ICB having to consider a compliant PSR route for the future commissioning of this service, to replace the current spot purchasing arrangement, under very tight timescales. An urgent short term solution was required to allow the timescales to consider the most suitable PSR route for the longer term contracting arrangements. The ICB have met the requirements within the PSR guidance for an urgent award and delaying the award of the contract and creating a gap in service provision to conduct a full application of the PSR would have posed a risk to patient safety and the non-delivery of the ICB's statutory duty, as CETRs are a statutory responsibility. The ICB's CFO approved this urgent award on the 03/10/2024. No conflicts were declared.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathways Associates CIC | £140,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Care (Education) Treatment Reviews (CETR's) · Pathways Associates CIC
- Signed
- 3 Oct 2024
- Value
- £140,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Pathways Associates CICAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.