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 Cheshire & Merseyside ICB · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit, NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
- Value
- £35,200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Administrative healthcare services (CPV 75122000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 003722-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jan 2025
- Published4 Feb 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Prior to the formation of the Integrated Care Board, the 9 individual Clinical Commissioning Groups within Cheshire and Merseyside obtained corporate services from the Commissioning Support Units, namely GP IT Service Support, Business Intelligence, HR Business Support, Employment Services, Health & Safety Advisory Service, Individual Funding Requests, IT Service Desk, Risk and Incident Management Systems, Healthcare Procurement Support and Referral Management Services. The ICB has a requirement to continue with these corporate support services. Each service provided by the Commissioning Support Unit involves a range of subject matter experts, systems and administrative support. NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB is publishing this VEAT notice to confirm ICB's intention to award the Commissioning Support Services contract to NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU and NHS Arden & GEM CSU. Following publication of the VEAT notice on 4th February 2025, there will be a 10 day standstill period, con…
About the suppliers
NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit: every public contract they have won.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit: every public contract they have won.