Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Salford City Council
Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton
Manchester
M275DA
UK
Contact person: Michelle White
E-mail: m.white@salford.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD34
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.salford.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Allied Health Professionals Therapy for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy (OT/PT), audiology and for the provision of speech and language therapy (SaLT) for children with SEND
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
554 971.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD34
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provider Selection Regime - Direct Award Process C
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The approach is in compliance with the Provider Selection Regime which came into effect on 1 January 2024 and explicitly set out that health services contracts may be directly awarded to an incumbent provider under direct award process C.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24/03/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation trust
Stott Lane
Salford
M6 8HD
UK
NUTS: UKD3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 55 497.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Salford City Council
Salford
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/03/2026