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 & Merseyside ICB · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £1
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 007494-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Mar 2024
- Published28 Feb 2025Published 357 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB have awarded a contract via Direct Award B to deliver Adult Hearing Services to patients in Cheshire East, Cheshire West, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St. Helens and Wirral. The contract started on 1st April 2024 and will expire 31st March 2025. This is a tariff based contract with no activity guaranteed. This is an existing service that has been awarded to an existing provider.
About the supplier
Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01721624).