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Published 13 Feb 2025, 15:53 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Speech and Language Therapy to cover mainstream and special schools in Hammersmith & Fulham.

Official notice

Authority: NHS North West London Integrated Care Board (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 13 Feb 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Xyla Health and Wellbeing (Acacium Group)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To provide a timely and quality based assessment, therapy, advice, monitoring and safe discharge service for children and young people who have communication and/or swallowing needs requiring specialist SLT support within mainstream and special schools in Hammersmith & Fulham.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstanceAwarded

This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance. <br/>CLCH SLT service provides a timely and quality based assessment, therapy, advice, monitoring and safe discharge service for children and young people who have communication and/or swallowing needs requiring specialist SLT support. The service contributes SLT advice to Statutory EHCNAs. <br/>To meet the demand and reduce the waiting times, the relevant authority need to act urgently and award a new contract for the services.<br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £450,000.<br/>The dates which the services are to be provided is from 23rd March 2025 to 22nd March 2026. Additional information: Criteria 11.2.5 To address immediate risks to safety and quality of care

Delivery: London

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
13 Feb 2025, 15:53 GMT
Last source update
13 Feb 2025, 15:53 GMT
Authority reference
C339123
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004988
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dece Find a Tender
Why no open competition

Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive

Published justification

A contract award notice (confirmation) has been made in accordance with PSR Regulations 14(1), 14(2) and 14(4), contracts can be awarded under the Urgent awards or contract modifications under the PSR legislation for the below reasons with a focus on the risks to patient and/or public safety if these awards are not made:<br/>Where a relevant authority considers that—<br/>(a) an award or modification must be made urgently; and<br/>(b) the reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and not attributable to the relevant<br/>authority; and;<br/>(c) delaying the award of the contract or modification to satisfy the requirements of regulations 6 to 13 would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety,<br/>The relevant authority considers all the above applies and therefore may make urgent award.

Publisher note: - This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider<br/>Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services<br/>(Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of<br/>the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.<br/>- The justification as to why this award was made under an urgent circumstance (Regulation<br/>14 applied) is due to a surge in demand and to reduce the waiting time . Any delay or gap in service provision will impact patient access to treatment<br/>- The contract length is 12 months.<br/>- The relevant authority's governance/decision-making panel are making the award decision.<br/>- Contract value £450,000.<br/>- There are no declared or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Xyla Health and Wellbeing (Acacium Group)——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids——£1 – £450,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth 15 Marylebone Rd,, London, London, NW1 5JDContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of Justice for England and WalesReview body London

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.