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 England and NHS Improvement Lancashire and South Cumbria · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £4,000,010
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 004150-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Jan 2021
- Published2 Mar 2021Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
Contract awarded by NHS England and NHS Improvement Lancashire & South Cumbria. As a result of extreme urgency following COVID-19 pressures, a Single Tender Action has been enacted for a provision of school-based immunisations for the population of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire populations. The contracting authority intends to undertake a procurement process following the direct award in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) depending upon the outcome of current procurement consultation.
About the supplier
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.