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
- Cheshire West and Chester Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £786,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 007811-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Feb 2025
- Published4 Mar 2025Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
Within the Council the Public Health Team are responsible for commissioning Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) services. The vision for the service is an intelligence led prevention driven service that can respond to emerging issues in an efficient and effective way. It is recognised that prevention is crucial to reducing the risk of significant harm posed by some infectious diseases. The service needs to demonstrate a clear commitment to prevention through a clear annual planning process and strong partnership working. With partners, the service should be committed to the aspiration of a reduction in community-onset gram negative bacteraemia counts and rates, reduction in community-attributed C. difficile bacteraemia counts and rates, and zero avoidable cases of community-onset MRSA. Aims of the Infection Prevention and Control Service • To prevent individuals from acquiring a preventable infection • To prevent the onward transmission of preventable infections Additional informat…
About the supplier
Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.