Official UK procurement notice
Provision of 1-1 Counselling Services to Support Employee Wellbeing
Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is not an opportunity, but a VEAT notice to inform the market that Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) is intending to award the provision of the Employee Counselling Services.
CPV: Guidance and counselling services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Direct award of the Provision of 1-1 counselling services to support employee wellbeing.
Period: 01/04/2022 to 31/10/2024.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 3 Jul 2024, 10:34 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Jul 2024, 10:34 BST
- Authority reference
2023-24(064)- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020229- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047a0eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The current provider Kate Guest Psychological Therapist has provided this service to the council for several years and the service provided is based on a 1-1 model with employees being referred in. A formal procurement exercise has begun and will be awarded approximately September 2024, however to maintain services in the interim the contract is being extended to ensure continuity of service provision.
A formal procurement exercise has now begun and will be awarded approximately September 2024.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Guest Psychological TherapistSMEProvision of Employee Counselling Services | £339,460 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Employee Counselling Services · Kate Guest Psychological TherapistSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2022
- Value
- £339,460
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeMediation body
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Kate Guest Psychological TherapistAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.