Official UK procurement notice
Provision of psychological therapy services to Suffolk adult eating disorder patients
Authority: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis urgent contract award is made on the grounds of patient safety, to accelerate provision of psychological therapy services to patients in Suffolk.
The urgent contract award is made to provide additional interim capacity that is not currently available within the service.
The contractor will be engaged as a contingency provider, should the existing service not have sufficient capacity to treat patients within the specified care plan duration. This measure is being taken to mitigate against potential patient harm due to elongated access times.
The contractor has been identified as suitable provider, with sufficient capacity and capability, to facilitate a contract from 1st November 2024 to 31st October 2025
CPV: Psychiatrist or psychologist 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
- 12 Nov 2024, 12:11 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Nov 2024, 12:11 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-036554- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b5c1Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Please see section VI.3. (Additional information) for full context and justification of the Direct 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. This contract has been made under the emergency award criteria of the Provider Selection Regime, due to the urgent service requirement to mitigate against patient safety concerns and/or risk. The contractor has been identified as the only provider of suitable quality and capacity that could deliver the requirements of this contract. Conflicts of interest identified among the key decision makers: none. Decision makers for this contract award: Jo Zenzer - Contracts Manager Chantelle Beckett - Senior Contracts Manager Colette Turner - Improvement Director
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altum Health | £49,999 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 036554-2024-1 · Altum Health
- Signed
- 1 Nov 2024
- Value
- £49,999
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS TRustReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Altum Health (Suffolk Adult ED)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.