Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Wakefield CCG · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Cygnet Health Care Ltd
- Value
- £558,920
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 000546-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Jan 2021
- Published11 Jan 2021Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
To secure additional Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit capacity within West Yorkshire to mitigate the impact of a COVID outbreak, support the inpatient beds to operate at reduced occupancy and to build capacity into the system in order to strengthen Infection Prevention and Control measures. CYGNET Healthcare is the only independent sector provider of Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit beds in West Yorkshire. Health Commissioners within the West Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) have existing contracted service capacity. COVID and social distancing has forced the ICS to operate at reduced occupancy. Throughout the pandemic, demand has continued to grow for this area and has necessitated the purchase of additional capacity. The commissioners want to secure capacity within West Yorkshire to prevent out of area placements. The Commissioners are only aware, with their best endeavours, of a single provider who has such available capacity within West Yorkshire.
About the supplier
Cygnet Health Care Ltd: every public contract they have won.