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 Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £2,336,498
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 003358-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published15 Jan 2026Published 289 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) notice for Direct Award Process A. 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 does not apply to this award. Award decision-makers: Corporate Director of Finance - Commissioning & Financial Assurance and the Executive Committee on behalf on NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board. No conflicts of interest were declared.
About the supplier
Tameside and Glossop Hospice Limited (Willow Wood Hospice): every public contract they have won.