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 Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Stroke Association SME
- Value
- £193,485
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 010637-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Jan 2026
- Published5 Feb 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
Stroke Service PSR route direct award C Annual contract Value £193,485.00 The proposed contract award period is for 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 and includes a 3-month no fault contract termination notice period.
About the supplier
Stroke Association: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00061274).