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
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- HATS Group Limited
- Value
- £6,190,274
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Ambulance services (CPV 85143000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 011638-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Mar 2025
- Published27 Mar 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
The provider (HATS) has been awarded this contract by the PSR Direct Award clauses C as it meets the requirements as follows:<br/><br/>The Authority believe the current supplier is satisfying the existing contract and will continue to satisfy the new contract to the required standard.<br/><br/>The new contracting arrangements are not changing considerably.<br/><br/>The Authority is in the process of gaining Cabinet Office approval with a view to undertake a competitive process under PSR 2023 for the provision of the service.<br/><br/>The contract term is up two years which will start on 5th April 2025. <br/><br/>The Authority will shortly commence a formal procurement exercise for the NEPT service and this contract is an interim award to cover the period required prior to award of the new procurement activity to allow sufficient time for the procurement, related approvals, and mobilisation
About the supplier
HATS Group Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03135655).