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
- Hertfordshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £20,871,012
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 008501-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Jan 2026
- Published30 Jan 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
The Council is intending to award this contract to our existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR.) The contract will commence on 1st April 2026 until 31st March 2028 with the option to extend for 2 years up until 31st March 2030. (Maximum 4 years total.) The approximate life time value of this contract is stated in II.1.7 above and includes the value of any possible extensions.
About the supplier
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT): every public contract they have won.