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 Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- British Red Cross
- Value
- £300,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 008846-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Feb 2025
- Published11 Mar 2025Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Although CAVHIS provides care to a range of inclusion health groups, this project focuses specifically on asylum seekers, destitute asylum seekers, individuals with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) and vulnerable refugees. People seeking asylum often arrive in Cardiff having experienced traumatic events in their home countries and on their journey to the United Kingdom. However, despite often having complex, unmet health needs access to and use of healthcare services is a significant challenge for this client group. Key barriers to healthcare include: - Lack of understanding of how the UK healthcare system operates - Language barriers - Cultural factors - Insufficient information in appropriate languages - Associated costs (i.e., mobile phone credit to make appointments or public transport to attend appointments). - Lack of tailored services - Negative experiences when attempting to access health and care services These barriers, accompanied with risk factors for poor health, result…
About the supplier
British Red Cross: every public contract they have won.