Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 23 Jul 2025, 16:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Adult Mental Health Services

Official notice

Authority: NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£232,337,078published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT)

Re-procurement plannedKent & Medway Adult Mental Health Conveyance Service Market Engagement 1-1s · tender expected

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Adult Mental Health Service

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Description of the service - All Age Mental Health ServicesAwarded

Description of the service - All Age Mental Health Services

The contract has been awarded under Direct Award A.

Contract Period 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026

This is an existing service and this is an existing provider.

Delivery: South East

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
23 Jul 2025, 16:07 BST
Last source update
23 Jul 2025, 16:07 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042489
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ45)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0564d6 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

The ICB Board must apply Direct Award Process A of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations to this contract arrangements. Under Regulation 6 (3) where:

(a) there is an existing provider of the relevant health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate,

(b) the relevant authority is satisfied that the relevant health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate are capable of being provided only by the existing provider due to the nature of the relevant health care services, and

(c) the procurement is not to conclude a framework agreement,

the relevant authority must follow PSR Direct Award Process A.

The decision has been made at the Executive Management Committee including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Finance Officer and Chief Delivery Officer to award to KMPT as the existing Adult Mental Health Acute Provider of the Adult Mental Health Service in Kent and Medway.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The decision to award has been made at the Executive Management Committee including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Finance Officer and Chief Delivery Officer.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £232,337,0781 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 27 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT)£232,337,078 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: 91Q 2nd floor Gail House Lower Stone Street, Maidstone, South East, ME156NBContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NHS Kent and Medway ICBReview body Maidstone KentContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.