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 England/NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- InHealth Intelligence
- Value
- £17,933,453
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 012758-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Feb 2026
- Published12 Feb 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
NHSE968 - Greater Manchester - Diabetic Eye Screening Programme. The Relevant Authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider via Direct Award C process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The final contract value is 17933453 GBP Contract Start Date: 01 April 2026 Contract End Date: 31 March 2029
About the supplier
InHealth Intelligence: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03257228).