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Highly Specialist Speech and Language Assessment
Published 20 May 2026
20 May 2026
- Primary CPV
-
85100000 *
Health services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 East Anglia, East of England
- Value
- £500
- Contract
- Not specified
- Contract Types
-
85 *Health & social work servicesFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
County Hall, Norwich, NR1 2DH, United Kingdom · UKH1
Contact
Award Criteria
- Price
Related tenders
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
85100000 *
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Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-069c98
temporary arrangement to purchase private highly specialist dysphagia assessment to a clinically at-risk individual in the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Locality
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 85100000 — Health services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Other public body · Health
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Services
- Bids received
- 1
- Winning supplier
- Large company
- Procurement method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Main category
- Services
- Legal basis
- CELEX 32014L0024
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 20 May 2026 09:22
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069c98
- Notice ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069c98
Competition
1
Bids received
Organisations on this notice
Supplier Large
Norwich, United Kingdom
CEDR
Review Body
London, United Kingdom
Lots (1)
Lot 1
Service users admitted to our inpatient facilities do not have access to Speech and Language Therapy (SaLT) services due to a commissioning gap. As a result, when a dysphagia need is identified, service users are unable to receive a comprehensive assessment, which poses a clinical risk. The absence of appropriate asses...
· Cancelled
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Tender
| Title | Highly Specialist Speech and Language Assessment |
| Status | complete |
| CPV › Description | Health services |
| Category | services |
| Description | temporary arrangement to purchase private highly specialist dysphagia assessment to a clinically at-risk individual in the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Locality |
| Lot › Description | Service users admitted to our inpatient facilities do not have access to Speech and Language Therapy (SaLT) services due to a commissioning gap. As a result, when a dysphagia need is identified, service users are unable to receive a comprehensive assessment, which poses a clinical risk. The absence of appropriate assessment increases the potential that a choking incident could occur, potentially resulting in serious harm if dysphagia needs are not adequately addressed. Whilst a longer-term solution is explored this urgent contract has been awarded to avoid serious harm |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Type | price |
| Lot › Has options | No |
| Lot › Status | cancelled |
| Item › CPV › Description | Health services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKH1 |
| Item › Delivery Location › Description | Whitlingham Ward Secure Unit, Norwich |
| Procedure type | limited |
| Procedure | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Procurement Method Rationale Classifications › Description | Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive |
| Reason for this procedure | all peer organisations and system partners declined to offer any support citing lack of capacity and skill mix in the teams. This is a high-risk case requiring a one-off single assessment. In this case we are required to act rapidly to address immediate risks to safety and quality of care. Delaying the award of the contract to conduct a full application of the PSR would be likely to pose a risk to patient safety |
Awards
| Status | active |
| Supplier › Name | Bowers Dysphagia Specialist |
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Party 1 › Identifier › Legal Name | NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | County Hall |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Norwich |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKH15 |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | NR1 2DH |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Contact › Email | amanda.k.roberts@nsft.nhs.uk |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Link | https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/ |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 1 › Description | Body governed by public law |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 2 › Description | Health |
| Party 2 › Name | Bowers Dysphagia Specialist |
| Party 2 › Identifier › Legal Name | Bowers Dysphagia Specialist |
| Party 2 › Identifier › No Identifier Rationale | Sole trader |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Norwich |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKH15 |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 3 › Name | CEDR |
| Party 3 › Identifier › Legal Name | CEDR |
| Party 3 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 3 › Role | Review body |
Buyer
| Name | NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
Contracts
| Status | active |
| Value › Value | £500 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Signed | 27 Apr 2026 |