Official UK procurement notice
Clinical Practitioner Service - Psychologically Informed Partnership Approach (PIPA)
Authority: The North Yorkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Clinical Practitioner Service - Psychologically Informed Partnership Approach (PIPA) offers psychological support to children, who are looked after or on the edge of care, and their families. The service manages young people who are at significant risk safely within their homes.
A contract has been awarded for an initial period of three years (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2028) with the option to extend for a further 2 years (1st April 2028 - 31st March 2030)
CPV: Health services · Psychiatrist or psychologist services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The service contributes to a psychologically informed partnership approach to meeting…Awarded
The service contributes to a psychologically informed partnership approach to meeting the needs of looked after children, those who are in need or on the edge of care.
This service is made up of two strands. The first strand aims to provide a flexible, proactive, creative and accessible psychological service for children, young people and their families. The second strand of the service supports North Yorkshire Council’s Children and Young People’s Services (CYPS) team to embed psychological approaches to practice, through bespoke training, consultation and joint working. This will include supporting the development of systemic practice through consultation, formulation and joint working and developing reflective approaches to practice throughout the organisation in partnership with North Yorkshire Council staff, managers and senior leaders.
The Authority is of the view that the existing provider is the only provider that can deliver the health care services therefore, the contract has been awarded using Direct Award Process A of the Provider Selection Regime for an initial 3 year period (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2028) with the option to extend for a further 2 years (1st April 2028 - 31st March 2030). The estimated value of the contract over 5 years is £4,826,200.
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
- 28 Aug 2025, 14:02 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2025, 14:02 BST
- Authority reference
317-NYC-CY- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051990- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058f61Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The contract was awarded using Direct Award Process A of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The decision to award this contract was approved by North Yorkshire Council's Children and Young People's Leadership Team. No conflicts of interest were identified.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEES, ESK AND WEAR VALLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £4,826,200 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Clinical Practitioner Service - Psychologically Informed Partnership Approach (PIPA) · TEES, ESK AND WEAR VALLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Signed
- 27 Aug 2025
- Value
- £4,826,200
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
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| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.