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 Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- GP Primary Choice Ltd
- Value
- £119,453.06
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Office-support services (CPV 79500000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 000590-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Dec 2023
- Published9 Jan 2024Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) Integrated Care Board (ICB) has awarded a contract to contract to GP Primary Choice Ltd , for the provision of a PRIME Service to General Practice across Suffolk and North East Essex. The contract commences on 1st April 2024, expiring on 31st March 2025. A voluntary ex ante transparency notice relating to this matter was published on 28th December 2023 (Notice reference: 2023/S 000-037971), the standstill for which expired midnight on 8th January 2023. The incumbent provider (GP Primary Choice Ltd) has successfully delivered this service for the past 12 months and has the knowledge, expertise and experience from close working partnerships with General Practice partners that is difficult to develop in a short space of time from any other provider. This service retains in depth knowledge of the Practices it serves and embedded and trusted relationships with multiple partners, particularly in General Practice teams such as Practice Managers and Pra…
About the supplier
GP Primary Choice Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08486936).