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 Devon Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Abicare Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 008091-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Feb 2025
- Published5 Mar 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. NHS Devon sought to procure peripatetic care services. It is intending to award a contract of 6 months , commencing 01/04/2025 to Abicare - following Direct Award Process C of the Provider Selection Regime. Lifetime value: £1,200,000
About the supplier
Abicare Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05597217).