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
- Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Spinal Unit Action Group (SUAG)
- Value
- £72,480
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 005161-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jan 2026
- Published21 Jan 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of an Integrated Community Care Service providing Step Down beds to patients with Spinal Cord Injuries. The service will be provided from the 1st February 2026 til the 23rd May 2026. The value of this contract will be £72,480. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award to an existing provider under the PSR (Direct Award Process C).
About the supplier
Spinal Unit Action Group (SUAG): every public contract they have won.