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 England · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- We Are With You SME
- Value
- £3,095,003.76
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 007440-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Dec 2025
- Published28 Jan 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
To provide substance misuse services at HMP Lincoln and HMP North Sea Camp.<br/><br/>NHS England commissioners are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following a Direct Award process C. The lifetime value of the contract is £3,095,003.76. The services are required to be provided from 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2028.
About the supplier
We Are With You: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02580377).