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KMMH, KCHFT, DGT - Freedom To Speak Up Services

Awarded to The Guardian Service Ltd

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust(buyer)

Published
Published 28 August 2025
Deadline
Closed 13 March 2026

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Overview

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, and Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust have awarded a contract to The Guardian Service Ltd for Freedom to Speak Up Services, with a contract value of £1,514,250. The services provide staff across the three NHS trusts with a confidential mechanism for raising workplace concerns including patient safety, bullying, harassment, discrimination, and conduct issues, whilst supporting leadership development and organisational learning. The procurement was conducted across three separate lots under the Open Procedure.

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Lots (3)

  • Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

    Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust invites tenders for the provision of Freedom to Speak Up services, providing its staff with a confidential, impartial, and accessible mechanism for raising concerns relating to workplace issues, behaviour, service quality, safety and/or organisational culture The Contracting Authority is a large Mental Health NHS Trust, providing a full range of adult mental health and learning disability services to our local population of 1.8 million people across Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. The Contracting Authority will award one Contract for the provision of all services detailed in the Specification.

    £504,750Won by The Guardian Service Ltd
  • Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

    Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust invites tenders for the provision of Freedom to Speak Up services, providing its staff with a confidential, impartial, and accessible mechanism for raising concerns relating to workplace issues, behaviour, service quality, safety and/or organisational culture The Contracting Authority is one of the largest NHS community health providers in England, serving a population of about 3.6million across Kent, East Sussex and parts of London. The trust has over 70 clinical services, and has achieved the highly coveted ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating. The Trust provides wide-ranging NHS care for people in the community, in a range of settings including people’s own homes, nursing homes, health clinics, community hospitals, schools, urgent treatment centres and mobile units. The Contracting Authority will award one Contract for the provision of all services detailed in the Specification.

    £504,750Won by The Guardian Service Ltd
  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

    Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust invites tenders for the provision of Freedom to Speak Up services, providing its staff with a confidential, impartial, and accessible mechanism for raising concerns relating to workplace issues, behaviour, service quality, safety and/or organisational culture The Contracting Authority is one of the largest hospital trusts in North Kent, with services at four sites serving a local population of over 500,000 people. The Trust’s vision is to be an outstanding hospital Trust providing the best possible care for patients that is safe, well-coordinated, in the right place and designed around the patient’s needs. The Contracting Authority will award one Contract for the provision of all services detailed in the Specification.

    £504,750Won by The Guardian Service Ltd

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£1,430,000
Procedure
Open
SME suitable
Yes
Published
28 August 2025
Questions by
13 March 2026
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy and related servicesHuman resources management consultancy servicesStaff development servicesGuidance and counselling servicesGuidance services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£1,514,250
Award date
19 May 2026
Contract period
8 June 2026 → 30 June 2029
Winner
  • The Guardian Service Ltd

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Notice history

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  1. Contract

    21 May 2026

  2. Contract Notice

    6 February 2026

  3. Planning Update

    29 August 2025

  4. Prior Information Notice

    28 August 2025

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