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
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Central Government Agency
- Supplier
- Homelink Healthcare Limited SME
- Value
- £790,400
- 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
- 009607-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Mar 2025
- Published17 Mar 2025Published the same day
Description
This contract is being awarded to an existing provider under the Provider Selection Regime following Direct Award Process C, for a period of 12 months commencing 31/03/2025 until 27/03/2026.<br/><br/>The service will be managed from a base within NNUH to allow for close communication with the virtual ward. The visits will be delivered by a multi-disciplinary field team, supported and managed by a HomeLink Clinical Lead based in the East of England and an Associate Clinical Lead based on site at NNUH. <br/><br/>The Service will comprise: <br/>1. Delivery of the pre-agreed number of visits to patients’ homes, including nursing and residential homes <br/>2. A 24-hour, 7 day a week, clinical ‘on-call’ service <br/>3. Clinical oversight <br/>4. Account Management <br/><br/>Interventions delivered include but are not limited to: <br/>• Wound Care including wounds requiring negative pressure pumps <br/>• Stoma Care <br/>• IV Antibiotics <br/>• Assistance with Medication <br/>• Bloods <br/>• …
About the supplier
Homelink Healthcare Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09767951).