Official UK procurement notice
Speech and Language Therapy (SaLT) provision
Authority: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSpeech and Language therapy referral and assessment service for patients with complex needs who have swallowing difficulties admitted to the Julian Hospital and/or adult wards at Hellesdon hospital
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #10.26wte Speech and Language therapist to provide Speech and Language therapy referral…Awarded
0.26wte Speech and Language therapist to provide Speech and Language therapy referral and assessment service for patients with complex needs who have swallowing difficulties admitted to the Julian Hospital and/or adult wards at Hellesdon hospital.
This is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstances.
The value of the contract is £9500
The services will be provided from 2nd July 2026 for 6 months
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 May 2026, 09:02 BST
- Last source update
- 27 May 2026, 09:02 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-049363- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a558Find a Tender
- 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 avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Regulation 14 was applied as no provision for patients which poses a risk to patient safety. The patients require this provision and delaying the award to carry out a full tender exercise would delay the provision being in place. This carries a significant risk of harm or death to service users with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia) as well as poor outcomes associated with untreated communication problems. This known risk exposes us to considerable moral and reputational liability. Decision makers - Kerri Norfolk, Prinicipal AHP, Jason Hollidge, Chief Finance Officer, Chantelle Beckett, Senior Contract Manager, Andy Mack, Deputy Chief Operating Officer No conflicts of interest
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (EEC) | £9,500 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 049363-2026-1 · East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (EEC)
- Signed
- 21 May 2026
- Value
- £9,500
- 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- East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (EEC)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.