Official UK procurement notice
Eating Disorder Service · UK public procurement notice
Procurement agent: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board·On behalf of: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCardiff and Vale University Health Board, intends to award a contract to Northstar Healthcare Consultancy Ltd to support with specialist implementation support for the Eating Disorder Service within the Mental Health Clinical Board. The need has arisen because the current service operates across Tier 2 and Tier 3 pathways with different organisational and governance arrangements. There is no single whole-pathway governance framework, no routine service dashboard, limited paired outcome reporting, inconsistent referral and assessment processes, and a need to prepare for Open Access arrangements in line with Welsh policy direction.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 19 Aug 2026, 15:54 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 15:37 BST
- Authority reference
CAV-DIR-(26-27) 69- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091537- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e7ebFind a Tender
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published19 Aug 2026, 15:54 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published19 Aug 2026, 16:22 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Sept 2026, 15:37 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northstar Healthcare Consultancy LtdSME1 Dec 2026 – 31 May 2027 · up to 30 Nov 2027Extensions: Dependent on the outcomes and performance against KPIs during the primary term. | £93,000 | 19 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Eating Disorder Service · Northstar Healthcare Consultancy LtdSME
- Signed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Value
- £93,000
- Period
- 1 Dec 2026 – 31 May 2027 · up to 30 Nov 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 6 months at the health board's discretion.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Beneficiary authority
- NWSSPProcuring entityManagement of the procurement process
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Northstar Healthcare Consultancy LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender