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 Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- UB Healthcare SME
- Value
- £72,770
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 007024-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Dec 2025
- Published27 Jan 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
This procurement was undertaken to identify a Bidder who will: • Ensure timely and person-centred CHC care package reviews in line with national guidance, and where indicated, timely and person-centred MDT reassessments of eligibility for CHC. • Ensure timely and person-centred Fast Track reviews, and where indicated, timely and person-centred MDT assessments of eligibility for CHC. • Reduce the backlog of overdue care package reviews, Fast Track reviews and MDT reassessments of eligibility for CHC. • Improve compliance with the NHS CHC National Framework timelines. • Support the ICB's efforts to address and manage any backlogs of other clinical activity such as appeals, PUPoC and COP DOLS with appropriate clinical and administrative oversight. The process has been conducted as a competitive call off from the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Framework Agreement for All Age Continuing Care Services.
About the supplier
UB Healthcare: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13950973).