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
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Koala North West SME
- Value
- £75,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 003116-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Dec 2024
- Published14 Jan 2026Published 386 days after the contract date
Description
Koala is a charity organisation who look after the wellbeing of families offering practical support and solutions to everyday parenting. They offer a diverse range of services and support programmes across Cheshire & Merseyside. They sit aside the Council Contract provided by CWP and work hand in hand with child services. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 26th January 2026 to cwp.contracts@nhs.net. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. 1st April 2026 - 30th June 2027 - £75,000
About the supplier
Koala North West: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07314767).