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
- Gateshead Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £8,752,842
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 010495-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Mar 2025
- Published20 Mar 2025Published the same day
Description
A specialist integrated sexual health service (ISHS) to provide service users with open access to confidential, non-judgemental services including sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBV) testing (including HIV), treatment and management; HIV prevention including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP); the full range of contraceptive provision; health promotion and prevention including relevant vaccination. We intend to award a contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £8,752,842. Services will be delivered from 1/4/2025 for a period of 48 months with options to extend for a further 2 x 12 months
About the supplier
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00130166).