Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 11 Jun 2025, 10:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

St Helens Arts On Prescription Service

Official notice

Authority: St Helens Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: North West (UKD71)

Awarded value£234,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 8 May 2025no call for competition

Awarded to ALEF TRUST CIC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

An Arts on Prescription programme to adults in the borough of St Helens, with the primary aim of being to improve mental health and wellbeing to participants. The programme will run on a weekly basis with two sessions per week which are currently held at St Helens Town Hall. Other location options can be explored but need to be in a central/accessible location for residents and have good transport links. The contractor will supply all the materials and tutors who will be trained to not only deliver engaging and interesting sessions but have qualifications skills or experience with working with adults with mild to moderate mental health conditions such as anxiety, stress or low-level depression. The contractor will be able to work in a self-sufficient basis to achieve positive outcomes in mental health and wellbeing via key performance indicators.

CPV: Health and social work services · Health services · Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North West

Extensions: Three year contract with options to extend by an additional two twelve month periods. I.E. 3+1+1

85000000 Health and social work services 98000000 Other community, social and personal services

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: 11 Jun 2025, 10:58 BST
Last source update: 11 Jun 2025, 10:58 BST
Authority reference: UID13459
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-031460
Classification (CPV): Health and social work servicesHealth servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area: North West (UKD71)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-054686 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This is a notification of the Intention to Award a contract for an existing service to an existing provider following a direct award process C under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement

Publisher note: This procurement is conducted in accordance with the direct award process C (Part 2 (9)) of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR). Service in scope: Arts on Prescription Service - St Helens Borough Council. The existing contract is due to expire on the 30th September 2025. The procurement for the new contract meets the tests for use of PSR and for applying the direct award process C. Alef Trust CIC is satisfying the existing contract and is likely to continue to satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard. The provider was assessed against a review of Key Performance Indicators based on a narrative assessment completed by the St Helens Public Health Team, taking account of contract management information held. Benchmarking of costs and service provision was undertaken with neighbouring authorities. The basic selection criteria were also assessed as met, as listed in PSR Regulations 2023 (schedule 16) This notification is for the intention to award a contract to the existing service provider from 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2028 with two options to extend, each for one year, to 30th September 2030. Following publication of this Intention to Award Notice, a standstill period of 8 business days will be observed in accordance with Part 2 (12) of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. There were no conflicts of interest declared by the decision makers.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £234,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 8 May 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
ALEF TRUST CIC	£234,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 031460-2025-1 · ALEF TRUST CIC
Signed
8 May 2025
Value
£234,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

St Helens Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Town Hall, St Helens, North West, WA101HPContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

ALEF TRUST CICAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08303520 Wirral, North West

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.