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 County Durham Clinical Commissioning Group · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Intrahealth Limited SME
- Value
- £2,025,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 004159-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Nov 2020
- Published2 Mar 2021Published 92 days after the contract date
Description
Contract awarded by NHS County Durham Clinical Commissioning Group, with delegated authority to sign on behalf of NHS England under the statutory delegation arrangements. To provide General Medical Services within the Wingate locality of County Durham with a current practice population of 3085 patients. Staff and buildings are already in place and established and this extension provides continuity of service while market engagement and any proposed procurement work is undertaken. A Single Tender Action has been enacted for, as a result of extreme urgency following COVID-19 pressures. 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. Future process will be published via Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
About the supplier
Intrahealth Limited: every public contract they have won.