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
- Southampton City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Solent NHS Trust
- Value
- £1,410,300
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 010408-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Mar 2024
- Published28 Mar 2024Published the same day
Description
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process (NHS Provider Selection Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Provision 10). The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £1,410,300, i.e. £470,100 per annum for up to 3 years.The contract is for a new provider for a new service, the contract to commence from Friday 12th April 2024 and to run until the end of Friday 11th April 2027.
About the supplier
Solent NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.