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 and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Blue Marine Care LLP SME
- Value
- £1,015,392
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 005888-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Dec 2025
- Published22 Jan 2026Published 49 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Sefton Place has awarded a 1 year contract to the identified provider on the grounds of urgency to deliver intermediate care bed provision on a single site for Southport and Formby patients in Sefton Place. This is considered as the only feasible option utilising a known provider whilst undertaking a market review to establish a longer term contract. The contract commenced on 19th January 2026 and will end on 18th January 2027. The contract value 19th January 2026 - 31st March 2026 is £167,785. The contract value 1st April 2026 - 18th January 2027 is £847,607. The total contract value is £1,015,392
About the supplier
Blue Marine Care LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC454672).