AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust published an award and contract notice for ASD Assessments 26/27. The notice records an active award to Help for Psychology and a contract value of £101,400, signed on 19 October 2026. However, the related lot is marked cancelled, so the published lifecycle data are inconsistent.
Published outcomeOne active award (099160-2026-1) names Help for Psychology. The associated contract record is active and reports £101,400 GBP with an explicit signing date of 19 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a £101,400 health-services procurement made through a limited procedure without prior publication, justified as a repetition of existing services.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Help for Psychology
90% confidenceAward 099160-2026-1 · Lots 1 · Unallocated; associated contract value is £101,400 GBP · Unverified supplier identity; named on active award
View supporting evidence
Award 099160-2026-1 names Help for Psychology. The associated contract states £101,400 GBP, but no supplier-level allocation is published. Supplier verification status is checked_unmatched.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice publication
99% confidence20 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Process published_at: 2026-10-20T16:05:23+01:00; release history identifies an award, contract notice.
Award status
95% confidenceActive
View supporting evidence
Award 099160-2026-1 has status active.
Contract status
95% confidenceActive
View supporting evidence
Contract 099160-2026-1 has status active.
Contract signed
99% confidence19 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Contract dateSigned: 2026-10-19T00:00:00+01:00.
Related lot status
99% confidenceCancelled
View supporting evidence
Tender lot 1 is marked cancelled, while the active award references lot 1.
VALUES
Published values explained
Associated contract value
99% confidence£101,400
View supporting evidence
Contract 099160-2026-1 value: 101400 GBP.
Award-level value
99% confidenceNot published
View supporting evidence
The award record contains no value_amount or currency.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signing date
99% confidence19 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Contract dateSigned: 2026-10-19T00:00:00+01:00.
Notice publication date
99% confidence20 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Process published_at: 2026-10-20T16:05:23+01:00.
Contract start date
99% confidenceUnknown
View supporting evidence
No contract_start_at is supplied.
Contract end date
99% confidenceUnknown
View supporting evidence
No contract_end_at is supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceASD Assessments
View supporting evidence
Process title and description: ASD Assessments; lot 1 description: ASD Assessments.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
View supporting evidence
main_category and mainProcurementCategory are services.
CPV classification
99% confidence85100000 — Health services
View supporting evidence
Tender classification and supplied classification record.
Delivery region
95% confidenceUKG22
View supporting evidence
Tender item deliveryAddresses specifies region UKG22.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
View supporting evidence
procurementMethod: limited; procurementMethodDetails states award procedure without prior publication.
Published rationale
99% confidenceRepetition of existing services
View supporting evidence
procurementMethodRationale: Repetition of existing services; rationale classification D_REPETITION_EXISTING.
Evaluation criterion published
90% confidencePrice
View supporting evidence
Lot 1 awardCriteria lists one criterion of type price.
Bidder count and competition detail
99% confidenceUnknown
View supporting evidence
Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract record
95% confidenceActive contract record associated with award 099160-2026-1
View supporting evidence
Contract status is active and awardID is 099160-2026-1.
Options
95% confidenceNo options published
View supporting evidence
Lot 1 hasOptions: false.
Extensions and renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
View supporting evidence
Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route to market
95% confidenceDirect award route for repeat services
View supporting evidence
The procedure was without prior publication and the stated rationale is repetition of existing services.
Value interpretation
99% confidence£101,400 is reported at associated contract level
View supporting evidence
The amount appears in the contract record, while the award record has no published value.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Lot and award lifecycle inconsistency
99% confidenceThe active award and active contract reference lot 1, but lot 1 is marked cancelled.
View supporting evidence
Award relatedLots: 1; contract status: active; lot 1 status: cancelled.
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceThe source supplier name is not Companies House-verified.
View supporting evidence
The verification workflow completed with checked_unmatched/still_unmatched and no verified company identity.
Missing commercial dates
99% confidenceContract start and end dates are not supplied.
View supporting evidence
contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null.
Missing award value
99% confidenceNo award-level monetary value is supplied.
View supporting evidence
Award value_amount and currency are null.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The active award and active contract reference lot 1, but the same lot is marked cancelled; the source does not resolve this conflict.
- Help for Psychology is an unverified supplier identity: the Companies House matching workflow completed without a safe company match.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes the contract start date, end date, award date, bidder count, bid scores, pricing breakdown, award-level value, individual lot value and extension or renewal terms.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
ASD Assessments 26/27Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustHelp for PsychologyASD assessmentshealth services procurement£101,400 contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named on the ASD Assessments 26/27 award?
Help for Psychology is named as supplier on active award 099160-2026-1. Its identity was not safely matched in the completed Companies House verification workflow.
What is the published contract value?
The associated active contract record reports a value of £101,400 GBP. No award-level value is published.
Was the contract signed?
The contract record explicitly reports a signing date of 19 October 2026.
What procedure was used?
The notice states a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, with repetition of existing services as the rationale.
Is the procurement record consistent?
No. The active award and contract reference lot 1, while that lot is marked cancelled in the published tender data.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.