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
- Stow Healthcare Group
- Value
- £1
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 003324-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Aug 2023
- Published15 Jan 2026Published 892 days after the contract date
Description
The contract is for Spot Purchase of Care Home beds for patients assessed as Continuing Healthcare eligible. The contract is for 5 years and has been set up to follow on from the previous contract. It will start on 1st September 2025 and end 31st August 2030. This is a spot purchase contract so it is a zero value contract. NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award B process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is being awarded the contract as the population of the named locality are being offered a choice between providers and the number of providers is not restricted by the relevant authority through provider selection. The service which is the subject of this notice is an existing service and is being awarded to an existing provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of …
About the supplier
Stow Healthcare Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10174827).