Your agency can make an existing community services provider a Preferred Service Provider (PSP) under a Delivering Community Service in Partnership (DCSP) policy exemption.
Your agency still needs to do a procurement process and assess whether the provider is meeting the criteria for PSP status.
Contracting for the service is then allowed through either a:
The review of a potential PSP should be transparent to reflect accountable and ethical practice. It also includes the identified service provider in the PSP process.