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
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Walgreens Boots Alliance
- Value
- £4,901,319
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pharmacy services (CPV 85149000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 007075-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jan 2024
- Published5 Mar 2024Published 64 days after the contract date
Description
Mini competition run by EoE procurement hub against their framework to award a sole provider against Lot 2 (on site dispensing services)
About the supplier
Walgreens Boots Alliance: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09351322).